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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola striata
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola striata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-022:
Viola striata FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola striata
COMMON NAME:
Pale Violet, Creamy Violet, Striped Cream Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vist3_001_lvd
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu76908
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080421_052b
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm110402_330
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm140417_126
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Peduncles usually longer than the leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160428_184
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm170413_555
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm200409_3592
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Petals creamy-white [without any yellow]; lateral petals densely bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3700
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Rhizomes thick, more than 4mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu25220
May Oconee County SC
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu39438
May Orange County VA
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JK Marlow jkm160516_781
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Stipules to 2cm long & 1cm broad, lanceolate, margins distinctly lacerate, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_785
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160516_789
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160516_789c
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160516_791b
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Stipules lanceolate to 3cm long, foliaceous, pectinate and ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0378
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Basal and lower cauline leaves reniform to ovate. Upper lvs ovate to deltate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm160727_407
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvstriata_leefalls2b
Month Unknown Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Ivory-white flowers (not tinted on the back) with brownish-purple veins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola striata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola striata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola striata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-022:
Viola striata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola striata
1662
Forb
Perennial/Winter annual
Habitat: Mesic forests and woodlands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Margins crenate to crenate-serrate
Leaves glabrous to slightly pubescent above
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes cord-like
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
(not tinted beneath)
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded densely
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p190
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p136
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p056
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p077
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p348
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p081
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p104
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p101
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