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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola appalachiensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
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Read more about Appalachian Violet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
V. appalachiensis is distinct from V. walteri in foliage lacking pubescence except for scattered subappressed hairs on the upper surface of leaf blades, uniformly green leaves, weakly lacerate stipules, and other features as noted in the key. Read more in Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola appalachiensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola appalachiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola appalachiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola walteri var. appalachiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola walteri var. appalachiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola appalachiensis
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Violet, Henry's Violet
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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.
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu56018b
May Macon County NC
Leaf blades with scattered hairs near the margin only, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola appalachiensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola appalachiensis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola appalachiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola appalachiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola walteri var. appalachiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola walteri var. appalachiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola appalachiensis
1640
Forb
Perennial/Winter annual
Habitat: Moist loam on stream terraces in mesic forests, rich cove forests, and on mafic or ultramafic rocks especially in seepage, serpentine barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p052?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p079?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p102?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p101?
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