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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pedatifida ssp. brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-012a:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola brittoniana
COMMON NAME:
Northern Coastal Violet, Coast Violet, Britton's Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vipe9_001_lvd
[var. pectinata] has somewhat triangular leaves and large sharp basal teeth, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_viola_brittoniana1
June Richmond County NC
Leaves typically cleft into 7-11 linear segments, middle one often wider, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pedatifida ssp. brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-012a:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola brittoniana
3420
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon in NC, rare in SC
Look for it in moist to seasonally inundated sandy soils of fields, meadows, trail edges, and forest clearings adjacent to rivers and coastal marshes, also peaty river shores, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Foliage 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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