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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola labradorica
FAMILY
Violaceae
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Read more about American Dog Violet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola labradorica
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola labradorica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola labradorica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola labradorica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola labradorica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola labradorica
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-024:
Viola conspersa FAMILY Violaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola conspersa
COMMON NAME:
American Dog Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vico2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vila10_001_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm0404g_21b
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Closely related to V. rostrata, but with a shorter & broader spur, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).
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JK Marlow jkm110402_333
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm110402_336
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm110402_343
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Spur 4-5mm long. Sepals 4-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160421_298
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lateral petals bearded [vs. those of V. rostrata are beardless], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160421_300
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_300b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stipules eciliate to ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm170414_608
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25404
May Sevier County TN
Leaves reniform, ovate, to deltate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu58412
May Oconee County SC
Leaf apices obtuse to acute. Leaf bases broadly cordate to cordate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm0405g_09
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvconspersa_ls1
May
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvlabradorica_2
Month Unknown
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvlabradorica_ls1
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola labradorica
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola labradorica
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola labradorica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola labradorica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola labradorica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola labradorica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola labradorica
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-024:
Viola conspersa
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola conspersa
1644
Forb
Perennial/Winter annual
Habitat: Moist alluvial woodlands and forests, seepage slopes, marl ravines, hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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
Leaves glabrous to remotely pubescent above
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p018
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p159
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p056
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p403
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p052
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p351
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p074
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p097
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p101
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