Viola septemloba
| Viola septemloba | |
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| Botanical illustration by Mary Vaux Walcott | |
Scientific 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] | |
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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
- ^ a b "Viola septemloba Leconte". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Viola septemloba Leconte Southern Coastal Violet". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.