Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Violaceae

Viola - [maps | photos]

• Viola arvensis * Murray
  Common Name: European field pansy

• Viola bicolor Pursh
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: field pansy
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         • Viola kitaibeliana auct. Non J.A. Schultes

         • Viola rafinesquei Greene

• Viola blanda Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: sweet white violet

• Viola canadensis L.
  Common Name: Canadian white violet

• Viola cucullata Aiton
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: marsh blue violet

• Viola hastata Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: halberdleaf yellow violet

• Viola hirsutula Brainerd
  Common Name: southern woodland violet

• Viola labradorica Schrank
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: American dog violet
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         • Viola conspersa Rchb.

• Viola lanceolata L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bog white violet

• Viola macloskeyi F.E. Lloyd
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smooth white violet
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         • Viola pallens (Banks ex DC.) Brainerd

         • Viola macloskeyi Lloyd ssp. pallens (Banks ex DC.) S. Baker

• Viola missouriensis (Greene) McKinney
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Missouri violet

• Viola palmata L.
  Common Name: early blue violet

• Viola pedata L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: birdfoot violet

• Viola primulifolia L.
  Common Name: primrose-leaved violet

• Viola pubescens Aiton
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: downy yellow violet
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         • Viola pensylvanica Michx. var. leiocarpon (Fern. & Wieg.) Fern.

         • Viola pubescens Ait. var. leiocarpon (Fern. & Wieg.) Seymour

         • Viola eriocarpon (Nutt.) Schwein.

         • Viola pensylvanica Michx.

• Viola rostrata Pursh
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: longspur violet

• Viola rotundifolia Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: roundleaf yellow violet

• Viola sagittata Aiton var. ovata (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: arrowleaf violet
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         • Viola fimbriatula Sm.

• Viola sagittata Aiton var. sagittata
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: arrowleaf violet

• Viola septemloba J. Le Conte
  Common Name: glade violet
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         • Viola septemloba Le Conte ssp. egglestonii (Brainerd) McKinney

         • Viola egglestonii Brainerd

• Viola septentrionalis Greene
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: northern blue violet

• Viola sororia Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: common blue violet
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         • Viola papilionacea Pursh p.p.

• Viola striata Aiton
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: striped cream violet

• Viola subsinuata Green
  Common Name: wood violet

• Viola tricolor * L.
  Common Name: johnny jumpup

• Viola tripartita Elliott var. glaberrima (DC.) Harper
  Common Name: Harper's threepart violet

• Viola tripartita Elliott var. tripartita (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: threepart violet

• Viola walteri House
  Common Name: prostrate blue violet

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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