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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Viola eriocarpa
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
FAMILY
Violaceae
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
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu11476b
April Saluda County SC
Stems 2-several, basal leaves 4 or more, per Weakley's Flora.
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April Polk County NC
Sepals 5-6.5mm, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Plant is essentially hairless, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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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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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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April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stems 2-several; basal leaves 4 or more; foliage glabrous to glabrate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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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).