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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate" variant]
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate"]
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-010?:
Viola emarginata var. emarginata FAMILY Violaceae
COMMON NAME:
Deltate Violet?
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate" variant]
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate"]
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-010?:
Viola emarginata var. emarginata
FAMILY
Violaceae
4510
Forb
Habitat: Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant heterophyllous, producing undivided leaf blades in very early spring and late autumn and leaf blades with lobes, coarse teeth or incisions during chasmogamous flowering and cleistogamous fruiting (often retaining one or more undivided blades)
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves glabrous
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
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