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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola tricolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
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Vola are among the few flowers that actually taste good, according to The Culinary Violet
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Read more about Viola at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola tricolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola tricolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola tricolor
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola tricolor var. tricolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola tricolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-026:
Viola tricolor FAMILY Violaceae
COMMON NAME:
Johnny Jump-up, Pansy
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vitr_001_lvd
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu36648
April Pickens County SC
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu36648b
April Pickens County SC
Leaves with large crenate teeth, stipules large & foliaceous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu36648c
April Pickens County SC
Upper 2 petals violet or yellow with some purple; sepals shorter than petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola tricolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola tricolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola tricolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola tricolor
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola tricolor var. tricolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola tricolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-026:
Viola tricolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
1663
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Lawns, garden borders, railroad rights-of-way, commonly cultivated, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Stipules foliaceous, deeply & narrowly lobed
Leaves glabrous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Dark blue-violet & yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p347
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p102
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".