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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-021a:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis FAMILY Violaceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED AS TO PLANTS IN OUR AREA)atpioa Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Viola canadensis var. rugulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Canada Violet, Tall White Violet
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_canadensis_3
March
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Alan S. Weakley asw_202264839239462
April SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Alan S. Weakley asw_3439381106277712
April SC
Jocassee Gorges
Backs of the petals are usually tinged with violet, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_758589912524763
April SC
Jocassee Gorges
The tallest violet in southern mountains, this bears flowers in leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu57185
April Graham County NC
Has leafy stems & leaves that are heart-shaped with long-pointed apices, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0504l_23
April Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm080420_147
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
White flowers with a yellow eye and purple veins near the base of the petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm180414_305
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1602
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Calyx glabrous/sparsely hirtellous; auricles short, not elongating in fruit, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).
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JK Marlow jkm200409_3602
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7090
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_canadensis_0887
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm090503_092
May Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm090503_094
May Polk County NC
Petals white with a yellow center, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm150508_934
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
Fruit an ellipsoid to globose capsule, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150508_934b
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
Peduncles shorter (rarely longer) than the leaves. Sepals 4-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160503_157
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_canadensis_7997
May NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_canadensis_5
May
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu44826
June Greenville County SC
Table Rock Reservoir watershed
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JK Marlow jkm230623_4171
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-021a:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED AS TO PLANTS IN OUR AREA)atpioa
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Viola canadensis var. rugulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola canadensis
1643
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich cove forests, other rich mesic situations, such as floodplains, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Margins crenate-serrate
Leaves glabrous or with some short stiff trichomes
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
(with a yellow center, and tinged with violet beneath)
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p188
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p038
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p129
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p136
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p056
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p076
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p157
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p348
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p073
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p096
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p465
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p101
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