OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola minuscula

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

Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens

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

Viola macloskeyi

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)

Viola macloskeyi

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

Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-013:

Viola macloskeyi var. pallens   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola pallens

 

COMMON NAME:
Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet


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image of Viola minuscula, Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vipa8_001_lvd

        

image of Viola minuscula, Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1931

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Leaf blades orbicular, mostly broadly rounded at apex, margins subentire to shallowly crenate, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Viola minuscula, Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1934

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Leaf blades strictly glabrous (petioles may be glabrous or pubescent), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Viola minuscula, Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1947

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Leaves w blunt apex and basal sinus more open than V. blanda. Upper petals obovate and not twisted, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Viola minuscula, Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1949

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Petals white, lower petal mostly veined with purple. Petals beardless, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola minuscula, Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25414

April    Cherokee County    NC

image of Viola minuscula, Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25414b

April    Cherokee County    NC

image of Viola minuscula, Wild White Violet, White Marsh Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvmackloskeyipalle_bm1

May        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens   FAMILY Violaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola macloskeyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-013:
Viola macloskeyi var. pallens   FAMILY Violaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1650

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Brookbanks, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Margins subentire to shallowly crenate
Leaf blade completely glabrous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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