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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Viola pedata ssp. flabellata
FAMILY
Violaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pedata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola pedata var. ranunculifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola pedata var. ranunculifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pedata var. ranunculifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-001?:
Viola pedata FAMILY Violaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola pedata
Basionym
Viola pedata var. flabellata
COMMON NAME:
Sandhills Birdsfoot Violet
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April
Orange stamens conspicuously exsert and beak-like, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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April
Leaf blades incised only in distal half or only apically, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Viola pedata ssp. flabellata
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola pedata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola pedata var. ranunculifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola pedata var. ranunculifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola pedata var. ranunculifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-001?:
Viola pedata
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola pedata
Basionym
Viola pedata var. flabellata
3433
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to xeric longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves glabrous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 exserted stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p198?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p100?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p102?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p090
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