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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola odorata   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola odorata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Viola odorata

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

Viola odorata

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

Viola odorata

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

Viola odorata

 

COMMON NAME:
English Violet, Sweet Violet


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image of Viola odorata, English Violet, Sweet Violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_viod_001_lvd

        

image of Viola odorata, English Violet, Sweet Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu32723b

April    Wicomico County    MD

Leaves basal (and from stolons), 5-10, ascending to erect; petiole 2-17cm, per Flora of North America.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola odorata   FAMILY Violaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola odorata

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3418

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Gardens, lawns, disturbed places, persistent or weakly spreading from horticultural use, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves pubescent, some nearly glabrous

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Stoloniferous

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Blue/White/or variegated blue & white
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring
Capsule

 

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