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

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



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

Viola monacanora

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Viola ×subsinuata

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

Viola subsinuata

 

COMMON NAME:
Monacan Violet, Blue Ridge Violet


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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola ×subsinuata

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4769

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky loam soils at moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple

Plant homophyllous, all blades lobed or dissected

Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Foliage glabrous or essentially glabrous

FLOWER:
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 included stamens

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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