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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola septemloba

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

Viola septemloba

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

Viola septemloba

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

Viola septemloba ssp. septemloba

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

Viola septemloba

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Viola palmata var. palmata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-011:

Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola septemloba

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet


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image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vise4_001_lvd

        

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25359

March    Charleston County    SC

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25359b

March    Charleston County    SC

Early leaves ovate, rotund or cordate; mature leaves deeply lobed, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25444b

March    Walton County    FL

Flowering stalks to about 6" tall, topped by a large 1.5" flower, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu85013

March    Beaufort County    SC

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_septemloba_4

March        

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu44287b

April    Berkeley County    SC

Blades and petioles mostly glabrous, unlike the similar-looking V. palmata, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm060423_045

April    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm090425_093

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu30806

May    Berkeley County    SC

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvseptemloba_steed

May    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Petals light to dark blue-violet. Lateral petals bearded, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).

image of Viola septemloba, Southern Coastal Violet, Cleft-leaved Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu44764

July    Charleston County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae

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

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

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

(?) Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola septemloba ssp. septemloba

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola palmata var. palmata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-011:
Viola septemloba   FAMILY Violaceae

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

 

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1660

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other sandy pinelands and secondary habitats derived from them, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA & SC (uncommon in NC)

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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)
Plants glabrous or glabrate

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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