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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola rotundifolia
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola rotundifolia
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-017:
Viola rotundifolia FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Roundleaf Yellow Violet, Early Yellow Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viro2_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_v_rotundifolia_1877
March Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
This starts to bloom just as its leaves are beginning to unfold, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Steve Marlow snm100327_r111_09
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Petals yellow, some with purple veins. Lateral petals bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu52476
April Oconee County SC
Chattooga River Trail
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JK Marlow jkm0404h_07
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm0404l_02
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm100402_051
April Oconee County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm100402_093
April Oconee County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7311
April Rabun County GA
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25902
May Oconee County SC
Leaf blades rotund, per Weakley's Flora.
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu51310
May Greenville County SC
Table Rock Reservoir watershed
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JK Marlow jkm100730_264
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120830_221
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Leaves expand into summer, becoming broadly ovate and lying almost flat, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola rotundifolia
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola rotundifolia
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-017:
Viola rotundifolia
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola rotundifolia
1658
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich to acidic coves and other moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains
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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Margins crenate-serrate
Leaves pubescent
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p012
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p157
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p158
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p028
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p227
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p352
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p079
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p102
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p105
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