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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola walteri   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola walteri   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Viola walteri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Viola walteri var. walteri

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

Viola walteri var. walteri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Viola walteri

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-025:

Viola walteri   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola walteri

 

COMMON NAME:
Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet


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image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_viwa_001_lvd

        

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm100313_134

March    Gadsden County    FL

Angus Gholson Nature Park

A white form.

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm100313_134b

March    Gadsden County    FL

Angus Gholson Nature Park

Calyx glabrous, eciliate; auricles short and entire, not elongating in fruit, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

Jose Villa    jov_031123_1559

March    Oconee County    SC

Its leaves are roundish, blunt at the tip, purple beneath, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_walteri

March        

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu44207

April    Tuscaloosa County    AL

Stems rooting at nodes generating next year's plants (thus mat-forming), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu55969

April    Berkeley County    SC

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm090404_252

April    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm090404_254

April    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm190412_7213

April    Rabun County    GA

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm190412_7214

April    Rabun County    GA

Leaves usually purple on the under side, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm190412_7215

April    Rabun County    GA

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm190412_7216

April    Rabun County    GA

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

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7080

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7082

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvwalteri_chauga2

April    Oconee County    SC

Chau-Ram County Park

Stipules deeply laciniate, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1965

May    Crawford County    GA

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1967

May    Crawford County    GA

Note stipules.

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu10135

August    Anderson County    SC

An interesting transition between caulescent & acaulescent violets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm071025_004

October    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

Leaf blades moderately to densely puberulent over entire surface, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm071101_011

November    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Petioles, peduncles and stems moderately to densely puberulent, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm211106_4749

November    Pickens County    SC

Palmetto Trail

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm211106_4750

November    Pickens County    SC

Palmetto Trail

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

JK Marlow    jkm221103_0532

November    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Viola walteri, Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet

Sharleen Johnson    shj_1132118227488843

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola walteri   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola walteri   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola walteri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola walteri var. walteri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola walteri var. walteri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola walteri

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-025:
Viola walteri   FAMILY Violaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1665

Forb
Perennial/Winter annual

Habitat: Nutrient-rich woodlands and forests, dolomite bluffs and ledges especially on mafic or calcareous rocks to the north, sandy or rocky and often acidic soils in dry or dry-mesic forests southward, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC) (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain) (rare in NC Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Basal leaves partially evergreen
Simple
Plant caulescent ("leafy-stemmed"), sometimes appearing acaulescent ("stemless")
Margins finely crenate
Plant minutely pubescent

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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