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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]

 

COMMON NAME:
Sword-leaved Violet


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image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1647

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1662

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1667

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1671

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1674

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1680

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1683

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7496

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220510_7742

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220510_7750

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220510_7751

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220510_7752

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220510_7755

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Developing fruit of chasmogamous flower.

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220510_7757

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220705_8941

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220705_8944

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220705_8947

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

V. emarginata species complex: Auricles prominent, entire to erose, elongating to 5mm in fruit, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9332

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Dehiscing cleistogamous capsule.

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9334

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Cleistogamous seeds.

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9340

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Dehiscing cleistogamous capsule.

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9346

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Cleistogamous seeds.

image of Viola emarginata var. 5, Sword-leaved Violet

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9361

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]   FAMILY Violaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023)
Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4511

Forb

Habitat: Limited information suggests sandy or rocky soils in montane oak and oak-pine forests, or dry open oak barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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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)
Leaves glabrous

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
Spurred and lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring?
Capsule

 

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