Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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1640

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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
Margins finely crenate
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

 

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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

 

COMMON NAME:
 Appalachian Violet, Henry's Violet

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image of Viola appalachiensis, Appalachian Violet, Henry's Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu56018

May    Macon County    NC

Stems rooting at nodes generating next year's plants (thus mat-forming), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Viola appalachiensis, Appalachian Violet, Henry's Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu56018b

May    Macon County    NC

Leaf blades with scattered hairs near the margin only, per Weakley's Flora.