Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

For the most current and comprehensive body of information regarding violets in our region, visit the new website Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America.

If you see a violet with all leaves divided, but no undivided ones, it should be this species. However... (to read more, visit Vascular Plants of North Carolina).

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(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola triloba var. dilatata   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola palmata var. dilatata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola subsinuata

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

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

COMMON NAME:
Early Blue Violet, Wavyleaf Violet, Wood Violet

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Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu10122

April    Elbert County    GA

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu40815

May    Pickens County    SC

All leaf blades deeply divided (early ones NOT ovate, rotund, or cordate), per Weakley's Flora.

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu51879

May    Greenville County    SC

Table Rock Reservoir watershed

Many leaves have 9+ lobes, though the middle is almost always the widest, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata   FAMILY Violaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola triloba var. dilatata   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola palmata var. dilatata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola subsinuata

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

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