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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hybanthus concolor   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Cubelium concolor

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

Hybanthus concolor

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

Hybanthus concolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-01-001:

Hybanthus concolor   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Cubelium concolor

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Green-violet


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image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cuco5_001_lvd

        

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm120330_240

March    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

A rather coarse, leafy-stemmed and usually hairy perennial to 3' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm120330_245

March    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Flowers, about 0.2" [5mm] long, hang on drooping stalks from the leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm160323_080

March    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm160323_082

March    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

Diane Creaton    dmc090404_1461b

April    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm110416_801b

April    Etowah County    AL

Sepals nearly equal, linear, 3-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm110416_804

April    Etowah County    AL

The lower petal is slightly larger than the others, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3685

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm220427_7318

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm220427_7320

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

An erect perennial found in very nutrient-rich and moist forests, esp over calcareous substrates, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_concolor

April        

Small greenish flowers hang on short stalks from the axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_hybanthus_concolor_2

April        

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm210516_0370

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm230531_3675

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

A coarse plant up to 3' tall with alternate elliptic leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm160628_132

June    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

Leaves broadly elliptic to ovate-oblong with an abruptly acuminate tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm210619_1416

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm210619_1421

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm220701_8816

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm160818_592

August    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3012

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Fruit shallowly lobed, oblong, 3-valved capsule, 0.6-0.8" [15-20mm] long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3049

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Capsule 3-locular, loculicidal. Seeds ovoid to globose, ca. 4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm211112_4926

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Cubelium concolor, Eastern Green-violet

JK Marlow    jkm211112_4928

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hybanthus concolor   FAMILY Violaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Hybanthus concolor

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-01-001:
Hybanthus concolor   FAMILY Violaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

704

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Very nutrient-rich and mesic forests, especially over calcareous substrates such as limestone and dolomite, sometimes extending upslope into dry-mesic or even dry forests and woodlands when the soils are very basic, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Mountains (uncommon in Carolina Mtns & Carolina Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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