Viola species 2 ["pedatiloba"]. Phenology: Feb-Mar. Habitat: Alluvial sand and silt of floodplains and bottomlands in close proximity to the flooding zone, along streams and rivers emptying into the Gulf Coast. Distribution: W. side of the Mississippi Embayment, w. LA, near Crowley and e.-c. AR, should be sought in the intervening region.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Often growing with, and hybridizing with, Viola langloisii, interpreted and described by Brainerd as a leaf variant of the latter, but recent studies of leaf and seed differences urge species rank.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Viola langloisii Greene var. pedatiloba Brainerd; = Viola pedatiloba ined. (Brainerd) R.Burwell & H.E.Ballard; < Viola missouriensis Greene — FNA6, K4, NS, POWO. Basionym: Viola langloisii Greene var. pedatiloba Brainerd 1911
Links to other floras: < Viola missouriensis - FNA6
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
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