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 villosa   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola villosa   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola villosa

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

Viola villosa

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

Viola villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)

Viola villosa

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

Viola villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-006:

Viola villosa   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola villosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Woolly Violet, Carolina Violet


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image of Viola villosa, Southern Woolly Violet, Carolina Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvvillosa_and1

March    Anderson County    SC

The earliest flowering blue or violet-flowered species, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola villosa, Southern Woolly Violet, Carolina Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvvillosa_and2

March    Anderson County    SC

Leaves evergreen, often lying flat on the ground, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola villosa, Southern Woolly Violet, Carolina Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvvillosa_and4

March    Anderson County    SC

Leaves densely pubescent on both surfaces, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola villosa, Southern Woolly Violet, Carolina Violet

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvvillosa_and6

March    Anderson County    SC

An inconspicuous plant easily overlooked, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola villosa, Southern Woolly Violet, Carolina Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu81070

December    Beaufort County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola villosa   FAMILY Violaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola villosa

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-006:
Viola villosa   FAMILY Violaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2359

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pocosin ecotones, other sites with moist soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Mountains) (rare in NC Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen/Tardily deciduous
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Margins crenate
Leaves densely pubescent on both surfaces

FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Bluish/Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded, spurred occasionally
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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