Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Test-drive A Teaching Key to Violets.
Vola are among the few flowers that actually taste good, according to The Culinary Violet
Read more about this familiar violet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Viola sororia
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola sororia
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola papilionacea var. priceana
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-003/5b:
Viola papilionacea
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Viola palmata var. sororia
COMMON NAME:
Dooryard Violet, Confederate Violet, Common Blue Violet
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvpapillionacea_and3
March Anderson County SC
Blue-violet flowers bearded with tufts of hairs on the lateral petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmvpapillionacea_clems2
March Pickens County SC
Clemson University
Included in this entity is the familiar Confederate Violet, var. priceana, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmvsorroria_sta2
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
About V. palmata var. sororia, "Pubescent or at least the petioles pubescent", per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Keith Bradley kab_viola_sororia_0652
April Transylvania County NC
Leaves more or less ovate or broadly heart-shaped, on long stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.