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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
For the most current and comprehensive body of information regarding violets in our region, visit the new website Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America.
Read more about Smooth Yellow Forest Violet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola eriocarpa
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Viola pensylvanica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Viola pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-020b:
Viola eriocarpa var. leiocarpa
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola pensylvanica var. leiocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viola eriocarpa
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet
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JK Marlow jkm170326_263
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm170326_265
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu11476b
April Saluda County SC
Stems mostly 2 to several; basal leaves (1)2-5, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25229b
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0404m_25
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0404n_23
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm090404_090
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm090405_049
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm090405_051
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Flowers on leafy stems; usually has several long-stalked basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120403_376
April Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120403_376b
April Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Petals yellow, some with purple veins. Lateral petals bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140417_091
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Plant is essentially hairless, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm140417_091b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stipules ovate-lanceolate to ovate and entire, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US. Castanea (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm170413_567
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170413_571
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170415_689
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sepals 5-6.5mm, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_pensylvanica_2
April
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu44665
June Greenville County SC
Table Rock Reservoir watershed