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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola lanceolata ssp. vittata   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola vittata

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

Viola lanceolata ssp. vittata

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. vittata

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. vittata

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

Viola vittata

 

COMMON NAME:
Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet


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image of Viola vittata, Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu35133

March    Tyler County    MD

image of Viola vittata, Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1312908309289908

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Petals white, mostly beardless, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).

image of Viola vittata, Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet

Alan S. Weakley    asw_758195082604495

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Leaf blades linear to linear-lanceolate, 8-15× as long as broad, tapering gradually to petiole, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Viola vittata, Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu85882

April    Aiken County    SC

Silver Bluff Audubon Center & Sanctuary

image of Viola vittata, Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160416_339

April    Lowndes County    GA

image of Viola vittata, Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_lanceolata_vittata

April        

image of Viola vittata, Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_vlanceolatavittat

May    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Var. vittata lvs ~ long, slender, erect (vs. var. lanceolata shorter, wider, variously oriented), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Viola vittata, Strapleaf Violet, White Bog Violet, Southern Water Violet

Keith Bradley    kab_viola_lanceolata_5107

December    Lee County    FL

Wild Turkey Strand Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola lanceolata ssp. vittata   FAMILY Violaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola lanceolata ssp. vittata

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. vittata

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. vittata

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3431

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Depression ponds, Carolina bays, other wetlands lacking flowing water, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Plants glabrous to pubescent

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals mostly beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer?
Capsule

 

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