North Carolina Wildflowers

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Violaceae

Bird-foot Violet (Viola pedata) Bird-foot Violet (Viola pedata)
Shocco Creek Gamelands
Franklin Co., NC
18 April 2004

Spring-blooming distinctive violet statewide in NC (although rare in the eastern coastal plain)
Bird-foot Violet (Viola pedata) Bird-foot Violet (Viola pedata)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Bird-foot Violet (Viola pedata) Bird-foot Violet (Viola pedata)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Bog White Violet (Viola lanceolata) Bog White Violet (Viola lanceolata)
Pender Co., NC
23 Apr 2006

Common in wet, sandy habitats in the NC coastal plain.

Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Viola sp.
Clay Co., NC
14 May 2005
American Dog Violet (Viola conspersa) American Dog Violet (Viola conspersa)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
American Dog Violet (Viola conspersa) American Dog Violet (Viola conspersa)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
American Dog Violet (Viola conspersa) American Dog Violet (Viola conspersa)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Canadian White Violet (Viola canadensis) Canadian White Violet (Viola canadensis)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Canadian White Violet (Viola canadensis) Canadian White Violet (Viola canadensis)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Canadian White Violet (Viola canadensis) Canadian White Violet (Viola canadensis)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda) Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda) Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda) Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda)
Graham Co., NC
28 Apr 2006
Wild Pansy (Viola bicolor) Wild Pansy (Viola bicolor)
Durham Co., NC
2 May 2006

Common statewide in NC in various disturbed habitats and lawns.

Wild Pansy (Viola bicolor) Wild Pansy (Viola bicolor)
Durham Co., NC
2 May 2006


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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