Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis violacea
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Violet Wood-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis violacea
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oxalis violacea
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Oxalis violacea
INCLUDED WITHIN Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis violacea
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-003:
Oxalis violacea FAMILY Oxalidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ionoxalis violacea
COMMON NAME:
Violet Wood-sorrel
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_iovi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120325_836
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120325_836b
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Sepals 4-7mm long, glabrous, each with an orange gland at the apex, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090404_166
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Flowering stalk erect, 4-8" long, much surpasing the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090404_176
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm110415_491
April Carroll County GA
Each leaf blade consists of 3 heart-shaped leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm110415_493
April Carroll County GA
Leaves all basal & long-stalked, red-purple on the underside, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120414_971
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaflets notched at the tip and tinged with purple on the backside, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm240405_8314
April Spartanburg County SC
Pacolet River Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240405_8378
April Spartanburg County SC
Pacolet River Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_oxalis_violacea_0819
April Newberry County SC
Lynch's Woods Park
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Roxanna Martin rlm41711_153
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4808_011
April Spartanburg County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_oxalis_violacea_2
April
Flowers about 1/2" across, on leafless stems in umbelliform clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm081102_103
November Columbia County GA
Late flowering plants are without foliage, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm081102_103b
November Columbia County GA
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmoviolacea_glade2
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis violacea
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis violacea
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oxalis violacea
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Oxalis violacea
INCLUDED WITHIN
Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis violacea
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-003:
Oxalis violacea
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ionoxalis violacea
2203
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rose-lavender
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p138
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p154
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p284
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p378
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p133
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p276
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p170
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p203
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p414
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p088
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