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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola sagittata
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola sagittata
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-010:
Viola emarginata var. emarginata FAMILY Violaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Viola emarginata var. acutiloba
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola emarginata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola sagittata
COMMON NAME:
Arrowleaf Violet, Arrowhead Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viem_001_lvd
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu80679
March Beaufort County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvemarginata_sta2
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvsagittata_sta5
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Petals light to dark blue-violet. Lateral petals bearded, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvsagittata_sta7
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
Basal teeth few, well-developed, very coarse to lobe-like, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_149
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm130407_031
April Columbia County GA
Leaves during chasmogamous flower undivided or w small basal teeth or lobes, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9219
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9223
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9233
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Stipules free, irregularly glandular-fimbriate, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9325
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9331
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Calyx glabrous, eciliate, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9335
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9354
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu32564
May Prince George's County MD
Petioles equal or longer than blades, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0153
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Blade outline narrowly ovate-triangular, much longer than wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm220510_7738
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220510_7741
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Auricles mostly prominent and entire, elongating to 3mm in fruit, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).
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JK Marlow jkm220510_7762
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm210603_1013
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210603_1019
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220607_8373
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160816_011
August Oconee County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola sagittata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola sagittata var. sagittata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Viola sagittata
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-010:
Viola emarginata var. emarginata
FAMILY
Violaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Viola emarginata var. acutiloba
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola emarginata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola sagittata
1659
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to moist forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon to rare south and west of SC Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant heterophyllous, producing undivided leaf blades in very early spring and late autumn and leaf blades with lobes, coarse teeth or incisions during chasmogamous flowering and cleistogamous fruiting (often retaining one or more undivided blades)
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Margins serrate (lower teeth usually enlarged)
Leaf blade glabrous or glabrate
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p032
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p413
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p353
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p080
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p103
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p103
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