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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola eriocarpa
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola eriocarpa
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Viola pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Viola pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-020b:
Viola eriocarpa var. leiocarpa FAMILY Violaceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola pensylvanica var. leiocarpa
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola pensylvanica var. pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola eriocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Viola eriocarpon var. leiocarpon
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet
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JK Marlow jkm170326_263
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu11476b
April Saluda County SC
Stems mostly 2 to several; basal leaves (1)2-5, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25229b
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0404m_25
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0404n_23
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm090404_090
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm090405_049
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm090405_051
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Flowers on leafy stems; usually has several long-stalked basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120403_376
April Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120403_376b
April Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Petals yellow, some with purple veins. Lateral petals bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140417_091
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Plant is essentially hairless, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm140417_091b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stipules ovate-lanceolate to ovate and entire, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm170413_567
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170413_571
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170415_689
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sepals 5-6.5mm, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm230428_2922
April Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Wilderness
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_pensylvanica_2
April
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu44665
June Greenville County SC
Table Rock Reservoir watershed
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola eriocarpa
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola eriocarpa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Viola pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Viola pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-020b:
Viola eriocarpa var. leiocarpa
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola pensylvanica var. leiocarpa
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola pensylvanica var. pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola eriocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Viola eriocarpon var. leiocarpon
1931
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic forests and floodplain terraces of brownwater rivers, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon SC 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-serrate
Foliage glabrous or glabrate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
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) p189
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p054?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p052?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p349
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p078?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p101?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p102
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