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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Read more about Disguised White Violet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola blanda var. palustriformis FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola incognita

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

Viola blanda var. palustriformis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Viola blanda

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)

Viola blanda

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

Viola blanda var. palustriformis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-014?:

Viola blanda FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viola incognita

COMMON NAME:
Disguised White Violet, Largeleaf White Violet, Common Sweet White Violet

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image of Viola incognita, Disguised White Violet, Largeleaf White Violet, Common Sweet White Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viin_001_lvd

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola blanda var. palustriformis FAMILY Violaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola blanda var. palustriformis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola blanda

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola blanda

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-014?:
Viola blanda FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola incognita

3422

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to wet forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaf blade pubescent, at least on the upper surface

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

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