Viola appalachiensis L.K. Henry
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- Family
- Violaceae
- Botanical Name
- Viola appalachiensis L.K. Henry
- Common Name
- Appalachian Violet
- Synonym(s)
- Viola walteri House var. appalachiensis (L.K.Henry) L.E.McKinney ex S.P.Grund & B.L.Isaac
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not in Flora of Virginia
- Comments
- Plants from Grayson County, originally identified as Viola walteri, have been recently redetermined by Harvey Ballard as Viola appalachiensis. This species has a fairly narrow and scattered Appalachian distribution from n. Pennsylvania to sw. North Carolina. It is often associated with seepage on mafic or ultramafic rocks and serpentine barrens, which is consistent with the habitats the The Glades region of Grayson County.
- Habitat
- Wooded streamsides and borders of fens over mafic and ultramafic rocks in The Glades region of Grayson County. Rare; known in Virginia only from a limited and geologically distinctive area of the Southern Blue Ridge.
- Native Status
- Native
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