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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola labradorica   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola labradorica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Viola labradorica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Viola labradorica

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

Viola labradorica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Viola labradorica

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-024:

Viola conspersa   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viola conspersa

 

COMMON NAME:
American Dog Violet


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image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vico2_001_lvd

        

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vila10_001_lhd

        

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

JK Marlow    jkm0404g_21b

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Closely related to V. rostrata, but with a shorter & broader spur, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

JK Marlow    jkm110402_333

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

JK Marlow    jkm110402_336

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

JK Marlow    jkm110402_343

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Spur 4-5mm long. Sepals 4-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160421_298

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Lateral petals bearded [vs. those of V. rostrata are beardless], per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160421_300

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160421_300b

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Stipules eciliate to ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

JK Marlow    jkm170414_608

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25404

May    Sevier County    TN

Leaves reniform, ovate, to deltate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu58412

May    Oconee County    SC

Leaf apices obtuse to acute. Leaf bases broadly cordate to cordate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

JK Marlow    jkm0405g_09

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvconspersa_ls1

May        

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvlabradorica_2

Month Unknown        

image of Viola labradorica, American Dog Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvlabradorica_ls1

Month Unknown        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola labradorica   FAMILY Violaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola labradorica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola labradorica

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola labradorica

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-024:
Viola conspersa   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola conspersa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1644

Forb
Perennial/Winter annual

Habitat: Moist alluvial woodlands and forests, seepage slopes, marl ravines, hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Margins crenate
Leaves glabrous to remotely pubescent above

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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