Test-drive A Teaching Key to Violets.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Viola tripartita var. tripartita
FAMILY
Violaceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola tripartita
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 130-02-018a:
Viola tripartita var. tripartita
FAMILY
Violaceae
COMMON NAME:
Three-parted Yellow Violet, Three-parted Violet
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JK Marlow jkm0504q_25
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaves deeply divided into three divisions, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm090419_036b
April Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
Leaves may be pubescent or glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm090419_036c
April Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
Sepals 5-6.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmvtripartita_chauga1
April Oconee County SC
Chau-Ram County Park
Petals yellow, some with purple veins. Lateral petals bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25369
May Abbeville County SC
If leaves of V. tripartita are trifid, the segments may appear petiolate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US. Castanea (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
JK Marlow jkm060506_125
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Capsule 9-12mm long, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu49176
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District