OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola septentrionalis   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola septentrionalis

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

Viola sororia

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Viola sororia

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

Viola sororia var. sororia

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

Viola septentrionalis

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Viola sororia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-003?:

Viola palmata var. sororia   FAMILY Violaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Wood Violet, Northern Blue Violet


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image of Viola septentrionalis, Northern Wood Violet, Northern Blue Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vise5_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola septentrionalis   FAMILY Violaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola sororia

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola sororia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-003?:
Viola palmata var. sororia   FAMILY Violaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3284

Forb
Winter annual/Perennial

Habitat: Moist woods, moist thickets, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaf blade pubescent beneath, becoming glabrous above with age

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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