Viola walteri House
Detail
- Family
- Violaceae
- Botanical Name
- Viola walteri House
- Common Name
- Prostrate Blue Violet, Walter's Violet
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Viola walteri House var. walteri
- Comments
- We do not recognize vars. of Viola walteri because Ballard's "Systematics of Viola Section Viola, s. str., in North America north of Mexico", C. Mich. Univ (1992), provides ample evidence for the recognition of Viola appalachiensis (V. walteri var. appalachiensis) as a species. If V. appalachiensis proves not to be a worthy species, it's much more likely that it is an anomalous hybrid combination than a variety of V. walteri.
- Habitat
- Mesic to dry, rocky forests, woodlands, barrens, ledges, pastures, and road banks on limestone and dolostone; also in mafic fens and seeps. Infrequent to rare in the sw. mountains, n. to Botetourt County (Ridge and Valley and Southern Blue Ridge).
- Native Status
- Native
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