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 domestica   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 domestica

 

COMMON NAME:
Yard Violet


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

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

 

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4768

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Suburban yards, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina (the distribution very poorly known because of past inclusion of this taxon in others)

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Margins prominently incurved-serrate
Leaf blade glabrous or essentially so, or with scattered pubescence

FLOWER:
Bluish/Violet/White
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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