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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola rostrata   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola rostrata

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

Viola rostrata

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

Viola rostrata

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

Viola rostrata

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

Viola rostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-023:

Viola rostrata   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola rostrata

 

COMMON NAME:
Longspur Violet


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image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_viro_001_lvd

        

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2021

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2022

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2024

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

An infallible field mark of this species is its spur, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_rostrata_2

March        

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_4944

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Spur 1-2cm long, straight or curved. No petals are bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu44222

April    Tuscaloosa County    AL

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

JK Marlow    jkm140417_982

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160421_322

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

JK Marlow    jkm200415_3870

April    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2917

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Stipules free, weakly lacerate, per A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023).

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

Keith Bradley    kab_viola_rostrata_1494

April    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvroatrata_cane3

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaf margins remotely serrate, mostly eciliate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu51311

May    Greenville County    SC

Table Rock Reservoir watershed

Stem leaves cordate, their apices acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola rostrata, Longspur Violet

JK Marlow    jkm0405l_04

May    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Plant caulescent (producing aerial stems bearing leaves and flowers at above-ground nodes), per Weakley's Flora (2022).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola rostrata   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola rostrata

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

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-023:
Viola rostrata   FAMILY Violaceae

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

 

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1657

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: acidic cove forests, other mesic forests, often under Tsuga canadensis, but also in calcareous forests (as in n. AL), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in Carolina 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 to crenate-serrate
Leaves glabrous or with short stiff trichomes along the midrib above

FLOWER:
Spring
Pale blue-violet (with a dark eye)
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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