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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola septemloba

(?) Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)

Viola septemloba ssp. septemloba

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Viola palmata var. palmata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-011:

Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viola septemloba

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet


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image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vise4_001_lvd

        

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25359

March    Charleston County    SC

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25359b

March    Charleston County    SC

Early leaves ovate, rotund or cordate; mature leaves deeply lobed, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25444b

March    Walton County    FL

Flowering stalks to about 6" tall, topped by a large 1.5" flower, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu85013

March    Beaufort County    SC

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_septemloba_4

March        

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu44287b

April    Berkeley County    SC

Blades and petioles mostly glabrous, unlike the similar-looking V. palmata, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm060423_045

April    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm090425_093

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu30806

May    Berkeley County    SC

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvseptemloba_steed

May    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Petals light to dark blue-violet. Lateral petals bearded, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu44764

July    Charleston County    SC

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola septemloba

(?) Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola septemloba ssp. septemloba

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola palmata var. palmata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-011:
Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola septemloba

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1660

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other sandy pinelands and secondary habitats derived from them, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Plants glabrous or glabrate

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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