Flora of the Southeastern United States

Viola subsinuata (Greene) Greene var. subsinuata. Common name: Wavy-leaved Violet. Phenology: Apr-May; Apr-Jun (chasm.), May-Aug (cleist.). Habitat: Rich, dry-mesic and dry upland forests, probably associated with mafic rocks. Distribution: Vermont and c. Pennsylvania south to North Carolina, ne. Alabama, ne. Mississippi and e. Kentucky; slightly disjunct in e. Ohio (if these are not de novo hybrids involving V. baxteri) and in northern Piedmont from Connecticut south to New Jersey.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Formerly broadly delimited as highly polymorphic, but recent studies have shown this to be group of loosely morphologically similar homophyllous cut-leaved taxa, from which Viola baxteri, Viola species 1, and Viola species 4 have now been segregated. Potentially distinct taxa under study are the “Chapel Hill” and Viola subsinuata sensu stricto as presented in the key. Brainerd’s sole collection of a seemingly homophyllous cut-leaved violet from an unspecified location in FL is anomalous and well out of Appalachian/Western Allegheny Plateau distribution of the entire group. Populations outside the n. and c. Appalachian region require further study and may yield additional taxonomic diversity requiring recognition.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino (2023); Viola emarginata (Nutt.) Leconte var. subsinuata Greene; = Viola subsinuata Greene — FNA6, Il, NE, Pa, Tn, Va, Ballard () (in prep), Haines (2001), McKinney & Russell (2002); > Viola palmata L. var. dilatata Elliott — Ballard () (in prep); < Viola palmata L. var. palmata — C; < Viola palmata L. var. triloba (Schwein.) Ging. ex DC. — RAB; < Viola subsinuata Greene — Can, K4, NSProv, POWO; > Viola subsinuata Greene — Ballard () (in prep); < Viola triloba Schwein. — Tat; ? Viola triloba Schwein. var. dilatata (Elliott) Brainerd — F, G, Il, K1, S13. Basionym: Viola subsinuata Greene 1898

Links to other floras: = Viola subsinuata - FNA6

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 5