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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pedatifida ssp. brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola palmata var. palmata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-012a:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana FAMILY Violaceae
COMMON NAME:
Northern Coastal Violet, Coast Violet, Britton's Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vipe9_001_lvd
[var. pectinata] has somewhat triangular leaves and large sharp basal teeth, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Bruce A. Sorrie bas_viola_brittoniana1
June Richmond County NC
Leaves typically cleft into 7-11 linear segments, middle one often wider, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pedatifida ssp. brittoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola palmata var. palmata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-012a:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana
FAMILY
Violaceae
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