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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola eriocarpa

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Viola pubescens

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

Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)

Viola pensylvanica

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

Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula

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

Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Viola pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-020b:

Viola eriocarpa var. leiocarpa   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Viola pensylvanica var. leiocarpa

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Viola pensylvanica var. pensylvanica

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

Viola eriocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Viola eriocarpon var. leiocarpon

 

COMMON NAME:
Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet


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image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm170326_263

March    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu11476b

April    Saluda County    SC

Stems mostly 2 to several; basal leaves (1)2-5, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu25229b

April    Pickens County    SC

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm0404m_25

April    Polk County    NC

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm0404n_23

April    Polk County    NC

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm090404_090

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm090405_049

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm090405_051

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Flowers on leafy stems; usually has several long-stalked basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm120403_376

April    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm120403_376b

April    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

Petals yellow, some with purple veins. Lateral petals bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm140417_091

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Plant is essentially hairless, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm140417_091b

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Stipules ovate-lanceolate to ovate and entire, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm170413_567

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm170413_571

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm170415_689

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Sepals 5-6.5mm, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2922

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_pensylvanica_2

April        

image of Viola eriocarpa, Smooth Yellow Forest Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu44665

June    Greenville County    SC

Table Rock Reservoir watershed

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula   FAMILY Violaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Viola pensylvanica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Viola pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-020b:
Viola eriocarpa var. leiocarpa   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola pensylvanica var. leiocarpa

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola pensylvanica var. pensylvanica

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Viola eriocarpon var. leiocarpon

 

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1931

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic forests and floodplain terraces of brownwater rivers, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon SC 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-serrate
Foliage glabrous or glabrate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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