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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cubelium concolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hybanthus concolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cubelium concolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Hybanthus concolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hybanthus concolor
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, 1938)
Cubelium concolor
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Green-violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cuco5_001_lvd
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm160323_080
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm160323_082
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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Diane Creaton dmc090404_1461b
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm110416_801b
April Etowah County AL
Sepals nearly equal, linear, 3-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm110416_804
April Etowah County AL
The lower petal is slightly larger than the others, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3685
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220427_7318
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220427_7320
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
An erect perennial found in very nutrient-rich and moist forests, esp over calcareous substrates, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_concolor
April
Small greenish flowers hang on short stalks from the axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hybanthus_concolor_2
April
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0370
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230531_3675
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
A coarse plant up to 3' tall with alternate elliptic leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210619_1416
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210619_1421
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220701_8816
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm160818_592
August Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3012
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3049
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Capsule 3-locular, loculicidal. Seeds ovoid to globose, ca. 4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm211112_4926
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm211112_4928
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cubelium concolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hybanthus concolor
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cubelium concolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Hybanthus concolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hybanthus concolor
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, 1938)
Cubelium concolor
704
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Very nutrient-rich and mesic forests, especially over calcareous substrates such as limestone and dolomite, sometimes extending upslope into dry-mesic or even dry forests and woodlands when the soils are very basic, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Mountains (uncommon in Carolina Mtns & Carolina Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p183
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p222
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p040
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p453
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p051
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p346
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p072
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p095
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p105
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