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



INCLUDED WITHIN (PRO SP.) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola ×palmata [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola palmata var. palmata

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

Viola palmata var. palmata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Viola palmata var. palmata

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

Viola palmata

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Viola ×palmata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-005a:

Viola palmata var. palmata   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Viola palmata

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Viola triloba var. triloba

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

Viola palmata

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

Viola triloba

 

COMMON NAME:
Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet


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image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vipa3_001_lvd

        

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm070324_040

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm070324_041

March    Greenville County    SC

Leaves heterophyllous, only mid-season leaves cleft, parted, or divided, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2027

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2027b

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_palmata

March        

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu10124

April    Elbert County    GA

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu10256

April    Elbert County    GA

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm0304e_21

April    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Leaves deeply lobed or dissected; unlobed cordate leaves also present, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm090412_144

April    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm100422_010

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm100422_022

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm190412_7222

April    Rabun County    GA

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3680

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3693

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Flowers variable: blue-violet, streaked violet and white, to solid white, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3694

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3698

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_palmata_4

April        

Sepals 6-10mm long, acute to obtuse, glabrous to ciliate, auricles 0.5-1mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm120526_647

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8869

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Viola palmata var. palmata, Wood Violet, Southern Three-lobed Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmv_palmata

Month Unknown        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN (PRO SP.) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola ×palmata [brittoniana or pedatifida × affinis or sororia]   FAMILY Violaceae

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

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Viola palmata var. palmata

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola ×palmata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-005a:
Viola palmata var. palmata   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viola palmata

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viola triloba var. triloba

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola palmata

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola triloba

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1651

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Drier to dry sandy, sandy loam in dry oak and oak-pine woods and dry to dry-mesic savannas and closed forests, on slopes and bluffs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple

Plant heterophyllous, producing undivided leaf blades in very early spring and late autumn and leaf blades with lobes, coarse teeth or incisions during chasmogamous flowering and cleistogamous fruiting (often retaining one or more undivided blades)

Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Margins crenate
Leaf blade underside and petiole moderately to densely pubescent (hirsute)

FLOWER:
Spring
Violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 included stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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