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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Viola brittoniana   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)

Viola brittoniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Viola brittoniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Viola brittoniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)

Viola pedatifida ssp. brittoniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Viola palmata var. palmata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-012a:

Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana   FAMILY Violaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Northern Coastal Violet, Coast Violet, Britton's Violet

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image of Viola brittoniana, Northern Coastal Violet, Coast Violet, Britton's Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vipe9_001_lvd

        

[var. pectinata] has somewhat triangular leaves and large sharp basal teeth, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Viola brittoniana, Northern Coastal Violet, Coast Violet, Britton's Violet

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_viola_brittoniana1

June    Richmond County    NC

Leaves typically cleft into 7-11 linear segments, middle one often wider, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Viola brittoniana   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
 Viola brittoniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Viola brittoniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
 Viola brittoniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
 Viola pedatifida ssp. brittoniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
 Viola palmata var. palmata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-012a:
 Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana   FAMILY Violaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3420

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to seasonally inundated sandy soils of fields, meadows, trail edges, and forest clearings adjacent to rivers and coastal marshes, also peaty river shores, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple

Plant homophyllous, all blades lobed or dissected

Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Foliage glabrous or glabrate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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