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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 pubescens   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola pubescens var. pubescens

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

Viola pubescens

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

Viola pubescens var. pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Viola pubescens var. pubescens

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

Viola pubescens var. pubescens

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

Viola pubescens var. pubescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Viola pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-020a:

Viola eriocarpa var. eriocarpa   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viola pubescens

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Viola eriocarpon var. eriocarpon

 

COMMON NAME:
Downy Yellow Violet, Hairy Yellow Forest Violet


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image of Viola pubescens, Downy Yellow Violet, Hairy Yellow Forest Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vier3_001_lvd

        

image of Viola pubescens, Downy Yellow Violet, Hairy Yellow Forest Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25406

April    Cherokee County    NC

One (maybe 2) leafy stem, erect in flower, and 0(-2) basal leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Viola pubescens, Downy Yellow Violet, Hairy Yellow Forest Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvpubescens_gsmnp2

April        NC-TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viola pubescens, Downy Yellow Violet, Hairy Yellow Forest Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_pubescens_2

April        

image of Viola pubescens, Downy Yellow Violet, Hairy Yellow Forest Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu32572

May    Montgomery County    MD

Leaves as broad as or broader than long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Viola pubescens, Downy Yellow Violet, Hairy Yellow Forest Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvpubescens_pw1

May        

Petals yellow, some with purple veins. Lateral petals bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola pubescens, Downy Yellow Violet, Hairy Yellow Forest Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvpubescens_covefgsn

Month Unknown        

Foliage densely pubescent throughout; upper surface of leaf blade gray-green, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola pubescens var. pubescens

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Viola pubescens var. pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pubescens var. pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola pubescens var. pubescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Viola pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-020a:
Viola eriocarpa var. eriocarpa   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola pubescens

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Viola eriocarpon var. eriocarpon

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1646

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich deciduous forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Mountains, 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-serrate
Folliage densely pubescent

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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