Viola septemloba

Viola septemloba
Botanical illustration by Mary Vaux Walcott
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species:
V. septemloba
Binomial name
Viola septemloba
Leconte
Synonyms[1]
  • Viola insignis Pollard
  • Viola vicinalis Greene

Viola septemloba, the southern coastal violet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae, native to the Atlantic Plain of the southeastern United States.[1] A perennial reaching 30 cm (12 in), it can have violet, blue, or white flowers.[2]

V. septemloba is most commonly found in habitat types such as pine woods, oak woodlands, and savannahs.[3] It acts as an indicator species for silty longleaf woodlands in the Florida Panhandle.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Viola septemloba Leconte". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Viola septemloba Leconte Southern Coastal Violet". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, B. Boothe, M. Boothe, V Craig, and F. Griffith. States and counties: Florida: Franklin, Jefferson, Liberty, Taylor, and Washington.
  4. ^ Carr, Susan C.; Robertson, Kevin M.; Peet, Robert K. (June 2010). "A Vegetation Classification of Fire-Dependent Pinelands of Florida". Castanea. 75 (2): 153–189. doi:10.2179/09-016.1. ISSN 0008-7475.