Viola walteri var. appalachiensis
Castanea 72: 59. 2007.
Common names: Appalachian blue or Appalachian violet
Endemic
Basionym: Viola appalachiensis L. K. Henry Castanea 18: 131. 1953,
Stipule margin processes to 1/2 stipule length. Leaf-blade surfaces glabrous, if pubescent, hairs usually confined to adaxial surface. 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Mesic woodlands, open woodlands on serpentine, floodplains, edges of bogs and swamps
Elevation: 500–1100 m
Distribution
Md., N.C., Pa., W.Va.
Discussion
L. E. McKinney (1986) considered the differences between Viola walteri and V. appalachiensis to be minor, choosing not to recognize the latter. H. E. Ballard and D. E. Wujek (1994) provided evidence to continue recognition of V. appalachiensis.
Variety appalachiensis is reported to hybridize with Viola striata (= V. ×wujekii H. E. Ballard).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"thick" is not a number. "narrow" is not a number.
... more about "Viola walteri var. appalachiensis"
not mottled +
rounded;obtuse +
cordate +
overlapping +
purple-spotted +
alternate +
absent +
glabrous +
muriculate +
erect +
fleshy +
Appalachian blue or Appalachian violet +
arillate +
glabrous +
0;5 +
spurred +
developed +
axillary +
absent +
cleistogamous +
loculicidal +
variously--shaped +
1(-3)[-5]-flowered +
axillary +
bearded +
bearded +
not leaflike +
alternate +
shorter +
unlobed +
larger +
showy +
not narrowed +
protruding +
connivent +
syngenesious +
parietal +
superior +
surrounding +
anatropous +
8;75 +
not jointed +
imbricate +
unequal +
showy +
bearded +
[2-]3[-5]-carpellate +
long-filamentous +
Castanea +
2007 +
scapose +
deep-seated +
vertical +
fleshy +
rooted +
arillate +
brown +
glabrous +
6;75 +
ovoid;spherical +
hard +
entire +
subequal +
equal +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
annual +
white +
elongated +
gibbous +
connivent +
dehiscing +
lower +
rooting +
shallow +
deciduous +
prostrate +
previous +
new +
spreading +
puberulent +
1;5 +
thick +
adnate +
ovate;lanceolate +
lignified +
thin +
bearded +
enlarged +
Viola walteri var. appalachiensis +
Viola walteri +
variety +
perennial +