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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata
FAMILY
Violaceae
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If you see a violet with all leaves divided, but no undivided ones, it should be this species. However... (to read more, visit Vascular Plants of North Carolina).
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola triloba var. dilatata
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola palmata var. dilatata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola subsinuata
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola subsinuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola subsinuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola subsinuata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola palmata var. palmata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-005a?:
Viola palmata var. triloba FAMILY Violaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wavyleaf Violet
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2044
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2044b
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
Throat white; lateral petals densely bearded w slightly clavate hairs, spurred petal glabrous, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2045
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
All leaves (including the earliest) dissected into 3+ segments/lobes, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2050
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades biternately divided, secondary lobes of terminal primary division erect or spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2054
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
Many leaves have 9+ lobes, the middle almost always widest, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu10122
April Elbert County GA
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4137
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu40815
May Pickens County SC
All leaf blades deeply divided (early ones NOT ovate, rotund, or cordate), per Weakley's Flora.
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu51879
May Greenville County SC
Table Rock Reservoir watershed
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata
FAMILY
Violaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola triloba var. dilatata
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola palmata var. dilatata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola subsinuata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola subsinuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola subsinuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola subsinuata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola palmata var. palmata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-005a?:
Viola palmata var. triloba
FAMILY
Violaceae
3441
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich, dry-mesic and dry upland forests, probably associated with mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon in SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant homophyllous, all blades lobed or dissected
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves pubescent (moderately to densely hirsute)
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 included stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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