Viola palmata var. heterophylla

Elliott

Sketch. Bot. S. Carolina 1: 300. 1817.

Common names: Salad violet
Endemic
Synonyms: Viola esculenta Elliott ex Greene
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Plants usually glabrous, rarely pubescent. Leaves 3–5-lobed, middle lobes ovate, widely ovate, or elliptic to widely obovate, apex rounded, blunt, or obtuse.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Blackwater floodplains and other wet ground along streams, swamps
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va.

Discussion

L. E. McKinney (1992) did not recognize var. heterophylla; D. B. Ward (2006) provided convincing evidence to recognize it, but he chose to do so as var. esculenta (Elliott ex Greene) D. B. Ward, an illegitimate name.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number.

obtuse;blunt;obtuse;blunt;rounded +
not +  and prominent +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
R. John Little +  and Landon E. McKinney† +
Elliott +
truncate +  and cordate +
overlapping +
spatulate +  and narrowly obovate +
muriculate +
ellipsoid +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Salad violet +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
reniform +  and ovate +
ovoid +  and spheroid +
0–100 m +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
lateral +  and upper +
2 +  and produced in summer , apetalous or petals +
cleistogamous +
3-valved +  and capsular +
loculicidal +
Blackwater floodplains and other wet ground along streams, swamps +
stoloniferous +, rhizomatous +, taprooted +  and simple +
scattered +  and concentrated +
variously--shaped +
1(-3)[-5]-flowered +
spatulate;falcate +
petiolate +  and simple +
ascending;erect +
3-5-lobed +
not narrowed +
entire +  and serrate +
eciliate +  and ciliate +
auriculate +
elliptic +  and widely obovate +
syngenesious +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
prostrate +  and ascending +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
purple-veined +
white +  and violet +
lateral +, upper +  and lower +
2 +  and 3 +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Flowering Mar–Jun. +
[2-]3[-5]-carpellate +
Sketch. Bot. S. Carolina +
deep-seated +
mottled;bronze +
ovoid;spherical +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
subequal +
longitudinal +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
acaulescent +  and caulescent +
elongated +
gibbous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
adherent +, not adherent +  and distinct +
leafy +  and simple +
shallow +
deciduous +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
vertical;horizontal;erect;ascending +
subligneous +  and fleshy +
hollow +  and solid +
beardless +  and bearded +
enlarged +
along veins +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
Viola esculenta +
Viola palmata var. heterophylla +
Viola palmata +
variety +
not stoloniferous +  and acaulescent +
prostrate +  and erect +
pubescent +  and glabrous +