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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Viola affinis
FAMILY
Violaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola affinis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola affinis
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Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Viola missouriensis
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Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola sororia var. missouriensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-004:
Viola affinis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viola affinis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola affinis
COMMON NAME:
LeConte's Violet, Sand Violet, Thinleaf Violet, Missouri Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viaf2_001_lvd
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu45564
April Calhoun County SC
Earliest leaves reniform, widely deltate, to ovate; midseason leaves deltate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US. Castanea (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu81583
April Mecklenburg County NC
Most or all blades longer than broad, glabrous or glabrate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvaffinis_2
Month Unknown
Varieties sororia & missouriensis are not yet clearly understood, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmviola_affinis
Month Unknown
Similar to V sororia var sororia but leaves triangular & flowers pale violet, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Viola affinis
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola affinis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola affinis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Viola missouriensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola sororia var. missouriensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-004:
Viola affinis
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viola affinis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola affinis
2358
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Habitat: Damp to saturated (less typically periodically inundated), often sandy soils bordering vernal pools, streams and rivers in mesic to wet forests, and on terraces in floodplains and swamp borders, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaf blade glabrous, or with hairs confined to upper surface of basal lobes
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
(with conspicuous white centers)
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and 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!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p198
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p052
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p080
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p103
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p104