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 emarginata var. 2 ["deltate" variant]   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-010?:

Viola emarginata var. emarginata   FAMILY Violaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Deltate Violet?

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate" variant]   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-010?:
 Viola emarginata var. emarginata   FAMILY Violaceae

 

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4510

Forb

Habitat: Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple

Plant heterophyllous, producing undivided leaf blades in very early spring and late autumn and leaf blades with lobes, coarse teeth or incisions during chasmogamous flowering and cleistogamous fruiting (often retaining one or more undivided blades)

Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves glabrous

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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