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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]
COMMON NAME:
Sword-leaved Violet
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Developing fruit of chasmogamous flower.
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V. emarginata species complex: Auricles prominent, entire to erose, elongating to 5mm in fruit, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).
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Dehiscing cleistogamous capsule.
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Cleistogamous seeds.
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Dehiscing cleistogamous capsule.
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Cleistogamous seeds.
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]
4511
Forb
Habitat: Limited information suggests sandy or rocky soils in montane oak and oak-pine forests, or dry open oak barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant heterophyllous, producing undivided leaf blades in very early spring and late autumn and leaf blades with lobes, coarse teeth or incisions during chasmogamous flowering and cleistogamous fruiting (often retaining one or more undivided blades)
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves glabrous
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring?
Capsule
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