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3420

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas

Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it on low ground, including brackish areas, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Foliage glabrous or glabrate

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

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
 Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana   FAMILY Violaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
 Viola brittoniana

 

COMMON NAME:
 northern coastal violet

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image of Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana, northern coastal violet

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_viola_brittoniana1

June    Richmond County    NC

Blades deeply divided into 7-11 lobes; central ~ 1-2.5x wide as first laterals, per Weakley's Flora.