Viola tenuipes

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Family:VIOLACEAE
Species:Viola tenuipes Pollard
Common Name:Southern Wedge-Leaf Violet
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Southern Wedge-Leaf Violet is a native herbaceous perennial in the Violet family (Violaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Southern Wedge-Leaf Violet occurs in rich mesic hardwood forests. It is a non-stoloniferous perennial with a short thin rhizome. Stems are erect and 6-8 inches in height. The stem is glabrous or pubescent. The stem is angled and green or reddish brown in color. Leaves are 3-7 confined to the upper half of the stem. The leaves are petiolate, ovate to deltoid in outline, with entire or serrate margins. The leaves are glabrous or slightly pubescent on both surfaces. The leaves are subtended by ovate to triangular, entire stipules. Flowers are solitary from the leaf axils. The flowers are on slender peduncles shorter than the leaves. Each flower has 5 lanceolate sepals and 5 yellow petals. The petals are purplish-brown on the outer surface and the lower 3 petals often have purple veins. The 2 lateral petals are bearded. The fruit is an ovoid to elliptical capsule. Southern Wedge-Leaf Violet is often treated a variety of Three Part Violet (Viola tripartita Elliott). Three part violet has leaves that are deeply 3-lobed.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:Unfortunately, there has been long confusion regarding Viola tripartita Elliott, V. glaberrima (Ging.) House, and V. tenuipes Pollard. From additional study (Ballard et al) discovered that all three are distinct entities and should not be treated as synonyms or varieties of V. tripartita as done in the past. Of these three entities, V. tripartita and V. tenuipes occur in Alabama while V. glaberrima is now excluded from our flora as it is thought to occur in the southern Appalachians but not reaching our flora area. Viola tripartita s.s. is restricted to the NE part of Alabama producing mature stem leaves that are almost always deeply divided. Viola tenuipes is more widespread in the state and has often been treated as V. glaberrima or V. tripartita var. glaberrima. It is of mesic woodlands and the leaves are never divided.--B.R. Keener.
Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyVIOLACEAE - Violet family
Genus Viola
Species Viola tenuipes Pollard - Southern Wedge-Leaf Violet

Citation

Citation Viola tenuipes Pollard, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 15(40): 201–202. 1902.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: FLORIDA: Chattahoochee, Mar 1897 (holotype: US).

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Viola hastata var. glaberrima Viola hastata Michaux, var. glaberrima Gingins de la Sarraz, in de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 300. 1824.  
Viola tenuipes Viola tenuipes Pollard, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 15: 201. 1902. FLORIDA: Gadsden Co.: Chattahoochee, Mar 1897, Chapman s.n. (holotype: US?).
Viola tripartita var. glaberrima Viola tripartita Elliott, var. glaberrmia (Gingins de la Sarraz) R. M. Harper, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 337. 1900.Viola hastata Michaux, var. glaberrima Gingins de la Sarraz 1824. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lee, Marshall, Pike, St. Clair, Tallapoosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0005419 Tallapoosa 26 Apr 1952 Davis, Donald E.
s.n.		 UWAL
Viola tenuipes Pollard
UWAL0054258 Bibb 26 Mar 2021 Keener, Brian R.
12119		 UWAL
Viola tenuipes Pollard
UWAL0019083 Franklin 14 Apr 1998 Kral, Robert
87298		 UWAL
Viola tenuipes Pollard
UWAL0052552 Bibb 16 Mar 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11027		 UWAL
Viola glaberrima (Ging.) House
UWAL0053164 Jackson 17 Apr 2021 Keener, Brian R.
12157		 UWAL
Viola tenuipes Pollard
UWAL0004494 St. Clair 12 Apr 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5161		 UWAL
Viola tenuipes Pollard
UWAL0004493 Calhoun 09 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5741		 UWAL
Viola tenuipes Pollard
UWAL0048151 Barbour 21 Mar 2018 Soehren, Eric C.
538		 UWAL
Viola tripartita Elliott var. glaberrima
ALNHS00002945 Colbert 23 Jun 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-476		 ALNHS
Viola glaberrima (Ging.) House
ALNHS00003106 Lee 14 Apr 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1623		 ALNHS
Viola tenuipes Pollard
UNA00074010 Jackson 30 Mar 2019 Sorrie, Bruce A.
13723		 UNA
Viola tripartita Ell. var. glaberrima (DC.) Harper
AUA_ACC_50954 Barbour 4 Mar 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6678		 AUA
Viola Glaberrima (Ging.) House
UWAL0010779 Pike 26 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22982		 UWAL
Viola tenuipes Pollard
ALNHS00006457 Marshall 10 Apr 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4301		 ALNHS
Viola glaberrima (Ging.) House
UWAL0032476 Blount 20 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4265		 UWAL
Viola tenuipes Pollard
UWAL0010756 Pike 26 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22982		 UWAL
Viola tenuipes Pollard
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