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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola canadensis   FAMILY Violaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY Violaceae

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

Viola canadensis

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

Viola canadensis var. canadensis

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

Viola canadensis var. canadensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)

Viola canadensis

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

Viola canadensis var. canadensis

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-021a:

Viola canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED AS TO PLANTS IN OUR AREA)atpioa Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Viola canadensis var. rugulosa

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

Viola canadensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Canada Violet, Tall White Violet


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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_canadensis_3

March        

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_202264839239462

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_3439381106277712

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

Backs of the petals are usually tinged with violet, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_758589912524763

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

The tallest violet in southern mountains, this bears flowers in leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu57185

April    Graham County    NC

Has leafy stems & leaves that are heart-shaped with long-pointed apices, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm0504l_23

April    Henderson County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm080420_147

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

White flowers with a yellow eye and purple veins near the base of the petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm180414_305

April    Polk County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm180427_1602

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Calyx glabrous/sparsely hirtellous; auricles short, not elongating in fruit, per Violets (Violaceae) of the Great Plains and Eastern North America (Ballard).

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JK Marlow    jkm200409_3602

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm220421_7090

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

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Keith Bradley    kab_viola_canadensis_0887

April    Polk County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm090503_092

May    Polk County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm090503_094

May    Polk County    NC

Petals white with a yellow center, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

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JK Marlow    jkm150508_934

May    Union County    GA

Sosebee Cove

Fruit an ellipsoid to globose capsule, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Viola canadensis, Canada Violet, Tall White Violet

JK Marlow    jkm150508_934b

May    Union County    GA

Sosebee Cove

Peduncles shorter (rarely longer) than the leaves. Sepals 4-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viola canadensis, Canada Violet, Tall White Violet

JK Marlow    jkm160503_157

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viola canadensis, Canada Violet, Tall White Violet

Keith Bradley    kab_viola_canadensis_7997

May        NC

image of Viola canadensis, Canada Violet, Tall White Violet

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viola_canadensis_5

May        

image of Viola canadensis, Canada Violet, Tall White Violet

Herbarium of Clemson University    h_cu44826

June    Greenville County    SC

Table Rock Reservoir watershed

image of Viola canadensis, Canada Violet, Tall White Violet

JK Marlow    jkm230623_4171

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY Violaceae

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola canadensis var. canadensis

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-021a:
Viola canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY Violaceae

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED AS TO PLANTS IN OUR AREA)atpioa Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Viola canadensis var. rugulosa

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1643

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich cove forests, other rich mesic situations, such as floodplains, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Margins crenate-serrate
Leaves glabrous or with some short stiff trichomes

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (with a yellow center, and tinged with violet beneath)
Bilaterally symmetrical
Lateral petals bearded
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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