Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Viola adunca var. adunca Viola rotundifolia Viola subsinuata Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana	Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Linny Heagy

Herbs [shrubs], hairs porrect-stellate and simple, seldom absent, glandular-hairs absent [present]. Leaves petiolate or sessile, without nectaries; stipules reduced or absent. Inflorescences axillary; peduncle free; prophylls inconspicuous. Pedicels articulate. Flowers distylous [homostylous]; sepals 1/5–1/2 connate; petals yellow or whitish; corona inserted at throat on sepals and petals, annular, fimbriate; filaments often with nectaries; anthers dorsifixed. Capsules smooth [granulate/tuberculate]. Seeds straight [curved], reticulate; aril relatively narrow [wide]. x = 7.

Distribution

se United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, s Africa

Discussion

Species 44 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Piriqueta cistoides