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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola odorata
FAMILY
Violaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
For the most current and comprehensive body of information regarding violets in our region, visit the new website Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America.
Vola are among the few flowers that actually taste good, according to The Culinary Violet
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Read more about English Violet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Test-drive A Teaching Key to Violets.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola odorata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola odorata
COMMON NAME:
English Violet, Sweet Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viod_001_lvd
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu32723b
April Wicomico County MD
Leaves basal (and from stolons), 5-10, ascending to erect; petiole 2-17cm, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola odorata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola odorata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola odorata
3418
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Waifs, persistent or weakly spreading from horticultural use
Look for it in gardens, lawns, disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves pubescent, some nearly glabrous
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Stoloniferous
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Blue/White/or variegated blue & white
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring
Capsule
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