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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola incognita
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola blanda var. palustriformis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola incognita
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola blanda var. palustriformis
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola blanda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola blanda var. palustriformis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-014?:
Viola blanda FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola incognita
COMMON NAME:
Disguised White Violet, Largeleaf White Violet, Common Sweet White Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viin_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola incognita
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola blanda var. palustriformis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola incognita
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola blanda var. palustriformis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola blanda
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola blanda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola blanda var. palustriformis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-014?:
Viola blanda
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola incognita
3422
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to wet forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont
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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaf blade pubescent, at least on the upper surface
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
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!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p073?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p096?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p104?
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