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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola lanceolata
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-016:
Viola lanceolata FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola lanceolata var. lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola lanceolata
COMMON NAME:
Lanceleaf Violet, Narrow-leaved Violet, White Bog Violet, Northern Water Violet
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu80396
March Beaufort County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvlanceolata_fb1
April
Petals white, lower petal mostly veined with purple, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvlanceolata_fb2
April
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvlanceolata_halfway1
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaf blades lanceolate, 3-8x long as wide; plant glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola lanceolata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-016:
Viola lanceolata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viola lanceolata var. lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola lanceolata
2360
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, seepage slopes, pitcher plant seepage bogs, streamheads and their margins, small swamp forests, depression ponds, interdune swales and ponds, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Plants glabrous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals mostly beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p164
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p085
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p174
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p052
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p156
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p349
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p076
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p099
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p105
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p301
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