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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

For the most current and comprehensive body of information regarding violets in our region, visit the new website Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America.

Read more about LeConte's Violet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

This species has the distinction of being the only Borealiamericanae violet to have frequently hirtellous cleistogamous capsules; the only other acaulescent eastern North American violet with hirtellous capsules is the often cultivated and escaped European V. odorata. Read more in Weakley's Flora.

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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola affinis   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola affinis

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

Viola affinis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Viola affinis

INCLUDED WITHIN Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)

Viola missouriensis

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

Viola sororia var. missouriensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-004:

Viola affinis   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Viola affinis

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

Viola affinis

 

COMMON NAME:
LeConte's Violet, Sand Violet, Thinleaf Violet, Missouri Violet

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola affinis   FAMILY Violaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Viola affinis

INCLUDED WITHIN Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Viola missouriensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola sororia var. missouriensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-004:
Viola affinis   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viola affinis

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