1640

Forb
Perennial/Winter annual

Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare in NC

Look for it on serpentine barrens, in rich cove forests over mafic or ultramafic rocks (esp old roadbeds through coves), per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Leaf blades mostly glabrous, with scattered hairs near the margin only

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p052?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p079?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p102?
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p101?

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Viola appalachiensis   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola appalachiensis   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola walteri var. appalachiensis