OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)

Viola lanceolata

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

Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Viola lanceolata

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

Viola lanceolata

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

Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-016:

Viola lanceolata   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Viola lanceolata var. lanceolata

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

Viola lanceolata

 

COMMON NAME:
 Lanceleaf Violet, Narrow-leaved Violet, White Bog Violet, Northern Water Violet

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image of Viola lanceolata, Lanceleaf Violet, Narrow-leaved Violet, White Bog Violet, Northern Water Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu80396

March    Beaufort County    SC

image of Viola lanceolata, Lanceleaf Violet, Narrow-leaved Violet, White Bog Violet, Northern Water Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvlanceolata_fb1

April        

Petals white, lower petal mostly veined with purple, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola lanceolata, Lanceleaf Violet, Narrow-leaved Violet, White Bog Violet, Northern Water Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvlanceolata_fb2

April        

image of Viola lanceolata, Lanceleaf Violet, Narrow-leaved Violet, White Bog Violet, Northern Water Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvlanceolata_halfway1

May    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Leaf blades lanceolate, 3-8x long as wide; plant glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2018).

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
 Viola lanceolata

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
 Viola lanceolata

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
 Viola lanceolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-016:
 Viola lanceolata   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
 Viola lanceolata var. lanceolata

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

 

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2360

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, seepage slopes, pitcher plant seepage bogs, streamheads and their margins, small swamp forests, depression ponds, interdune swales and ponds, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals mostly beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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