Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
To look for this species, you will need to locate a very rich slope. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Cubelium concolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hybanthus concolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-01-001:
Hybanthus concolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cubelium concolor
COMMON NAME:
Green-violet
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JK Marlow jkm120330_240
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
A rather coarse, leafy-stemmed and usually hairy perennial to 3' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm120330_245
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Flowers, about 0.2" [5mm] long, hang on drooping stalks from the leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm110416_801b
April Etowah County AL
Sepals nearly equal, linear, 3-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm110416_804
April Etowah County AL
The lower petal is slightly larger than the others, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm200409_3588
April Greenville County SC
A coarse plant up to 3' tall with alternate elliptic leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_concolor
April
Small greenish flowers hang on short stalks from the axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm160628_132
June Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Leaves broadly elliptic to ovate-oblong with an abruptly acuminate tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm160818_592
August Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Fruit shallowly lobed, oblong, 3-valved capsule, 0.6-0.8" [15-20mm] long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hybanthus_concolor
September
Capsule 3-locular, loculicidal. Seeds ovoid to globose, ca. 4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.