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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola walteri
FAMILY
Violaceae
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Read more about Walter's Violet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This species and V. appalachiensis are our only mat-forming members of subsect. Rostratae. It is distinct from V. appalachiensis in its densely puberulent foliage and peduncle, typically ‘‘variegated’’ or bicolorous leaves with gray-green or silvery-green lamina and darker green veins, deeply lacerate to laciniate stipules, and other features as noted in the key... Read more in Weakley's Flora.
If the mat-forming stems and elongate spur went unnoticed or flowers were not present, this species could potentially be confused with V. hirsutula on the basis of the relatively short broad variegated leaves, but its densely puberulent foliage would distinguish it. Read more in Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola walteri
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola walteri var. walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola walteri var. walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-025:
Viola walteri FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola walteri
COMMON NAME:
Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet
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JK Marlow jkm100313_134b
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
Calyx glabrous, eciliate; auricles short and entire, not elongating in fruit, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).
Jose Villa jov_031123_1559
March Oconee County SC
Its leaves are roundish, blunt at the tip, purple beneath, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu44207
April Tuscaloosa County AL
Stems rooting at nodes generating next year's plants (thus mat-forming), per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm190412_7214
April Rabun County GA
Leaves usually purple on the under side, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm190412_7216
April Rabun County GA
Petals pale to dark blue-violet. Lateral petals bearded, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
Patrick D. McMillan pdmvwalteri_chauga2
April Oconee County SC
Chau-Ram County Park
Stipules deeply laciniate, per Weakley's Flora.
Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu10135
August Anderson County SC
An interesting transition between caulescent & acaulescent violets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm071025_004
October Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Leaf blades moderately to densely puberulent over entire surface, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm071101_011
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Petioles, peduncles and stems moderately to densely puberulent, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola walteri
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola walteri
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola walteri var. walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola walteri var. walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-025:
Viola walteri
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola walteri
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