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



(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola triloba var. dilatata   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola palmata var. dilatata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])

Viola subsinuata

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

Viola subsinuata

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

Viola subsinuata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)

Viola subsinuata

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

Viola palmata var. palmata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-005a?:

Viola palmata var. triloba   FAMILY Violaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Wavyleaf Violet


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image of Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata, Wavyleaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2044

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata, Wavyleaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2044b

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

Throat white; lateral petals densely bearded w slightly clavate hairs, spurred petal glabrous, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).

image of Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata, Wavyleaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2045

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

All leaves (including the earliest) dissected into 3+ segments/lobes, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata, Wavyleaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2050

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

Leaf blades biternately divided, secondary lobes of terminal primary division erect or spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata, Wavyleaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230325_2054

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

Many leaves have 9+ lobes, the middle almost always widest, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata, Wavyleaf Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu10122

April    Elbert County    GA

image of Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata, Wavyleaf Violet

JK Marlow    jkm200425_4137

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata, Wavyleaf Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu40815

May    Pickens County    SC

All leaf blades deeply divided (early ones NOT ovate, rotund, or cordate), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata, Wavyleaf Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu51879

May    Greenville County    SC

Table Rock Reservoir watershed

 

 

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

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola triloba var. dilatata   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola palmata var. dilatata

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola subsinuata

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-005a?:
Viola palmata var. triloba   FAMILY Violaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3441

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich, dry-mesic and dry upland forests, probably associated with mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (uncommon in SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple

Plant homophyllous, all blades lobed or dissected

Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves pubescent (moderately to densely hirsute)

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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