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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola hastata
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola hastata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-019:
Viola hastata FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola hastata
COMMON NAME:
Halberdleaf Violet, Halberdleaf Yellow Violet, Spearleaf Violet, Silverleaf Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viha2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0403c_04
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Petals yellow, purplish on the back, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm070324_027
March Greenville County SC
Lateral petals bearded, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm070324_031
March Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_hastata_1839
March Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25408
April Clay County NC
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25408b
April Clay County NC
Leaf blades hastate, distinctly longer than wide. Leaf bases strongly cordate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0304d_15
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0404t_35
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Sepals of chasmogamous flowers eciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm100402_099
April Oconee County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm140412_925
April Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7368
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm200418_3912
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Capsule 6-7mm long, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_hastata_2
April
A "leafy-stemmed" Violet species bears flowers in the leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Steve Marlow snm080halberdlfcap
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Violet capsules are dry dehiscent fruits that split open into three sections.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvhastata_leefalls2
April? Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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Tim Spira tpsvhastata
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola hastata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola hastata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola hastata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-019:
Viola hastata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola hastata
1648
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Acidic coves, dry-mesic oak forests, bluff forests, bases of rock ledges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
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 serrate
Leaf blade glabrous or glabrate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p190
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p038
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p186
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p158
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p054
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p223
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p051
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p156
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p349
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p075
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p098
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p466
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p102
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