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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola primulifolia
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola ×primulifolia [lanceolata × macloskeyi]
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola primulifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola primulifolia var. primulifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola primulifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola ×primulifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-015:
Viola primulifolia FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola primulifolia
COMMON NAME:
Primrose-leaf Violet
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu53183
April Rabun County GA
Tallulah Gorge
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JK Marlow jkm080419_009
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080419_017
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130430_889
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200403_3430
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Petals white, lower petal mostly veined with purple, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9692
April Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9703
April Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvprimulifolia_pc1
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvprimulifolia_pc3
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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JK Marlow s080419_a
April Greenville County SC
Leaf blade tissue decurrent on the petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu53133
May Habersham County GA
Tallulah Gorge
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JK Marlow jkm080503_053
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_primulifolia_3
May
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0960
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230609_4021
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2087
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola primulifolia
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola ×primulifolia [lanceolata × macloskeyi]
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola primulifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola primulifolia var. primulifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola primulifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola ×primulifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-015:
Viola primulifolia
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola primulifolia
1655
Forb
Perennial/Winter annual
Habitat: bogs, wet savannas, pocosins, sandhill streamhead ecotones, moist organic soils along small streams, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Margins crenate
Leaves glabrous or pubescent
FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded slightly, or sometimes beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p164
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p028
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p086
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p156
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p351
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p077
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p100
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p104
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p175
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