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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola striata   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola striata

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

Viola striata

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

Viola striata

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

Viola striata

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

Viola striata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-022:

Viola striata   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola striata

 

COMMON NAME:
Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet


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image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vist3_001_lvd

        

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu76908

April    Pickens County    SC

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm080421_052b

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm110402_330

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm140417_126

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Peduncles usually longer than the leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160428_184

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm170413_555

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm200409_3592

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Petals creamy-white [without any yellow]; lateral petals densely bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3700

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Rhizomes thick, more than 4mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25220

May    Oconee County    SC

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu39438

May    Orange County    VA

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160516_781

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Stipules to 2cm long & 1cm broad, lanceolate, margins distinctly lacerate, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160516_785

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160516_789

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160516_789c

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160516_791b

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Stipules lanceolate to 3cm long, foliaceous, pectinate and ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm210516_0378

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Basal and lower cauline leaves reniform to ovate. Upper lvs ovate to deltate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160727_407

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viola striata, Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvstriata_leefalls2b

Month Unknown    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Ivory-white flowers (not tinted on the back) with brownish-purple veins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola striata   FAMILY Violaceae

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

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

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-022:
Viola striata   FAMILY Violaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1662

Forb
Perennial/Winter annual

Habitat: Mesic forests and woodlands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Margins crenate to crenate-serrate
Leaves glabrous to slightly pubescent above

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes cord-like

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white (not tinted beneath)
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded densely
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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