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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate" variant]   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)

Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate"]

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

Viola sagittata var. sagittata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-010?:

Viola emarginata var. emarginata   FAMILY Violaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Deltate Violet?


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate" variant]   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate"]

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-010?:
Viola emarginata var. emarginata   FAMILY Violaceae

 

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4510

Forb

Habitat: Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple

Plant heterophyllous, producing undivided leaf blades in very early spring and late autumn and leaf blades with lobes, coarse teeth or incisions during chasmogamous flowering and cleistogamous fruiting (often retaining one or more undivided blades)

Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves glabrous

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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