Viola palmata Linnaeus var. 3 ["Red Hills palmata" variant] . Section: Nosphinium. Subsection: Borealiamericanae. Common name: Red Hills Violet. Phenology: Chasmogamous flower (Feb-) Mar-Jun; chasmogamous fruit Apr-Jul; cleistogamous fruit May-Oct. Habitat: Drier to dry sandy, sandy loam in dry oak and oak-pine woods and dry to dry-mesic savannas and closed forests, on slopes and bluffs. Distribution: Coastal Plain, w. GA sc. AL, LA, and s. AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: < Viola palmata L. — K4, POWO, S13; < Viola palmata L. var. heterophylla Elliott — FNA6; < Viola palmata L. var. palmata — NSProv. Basionym: basionym]
Links to other floras: < Viola palmata var. heterophylla - FNA6
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: 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)
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