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not marked as a favorite taxon Viola stoneana House. Common name: Stone's Violet. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Moist loam of rich mesic forest slopes and bases of slopes. Distribution: Local along and near the "fall line" between the upper Atlantic Coastal Plain and the lower Piedmont, se. NY to c. VA; disjunct in ec. NC.

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Section: Nosphinium. Subsection: Borealiamericanae.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Although most taxonomists have followed Russell (1965) in treating Viola stoneana House as a hybrid, studies have shown it to be distinct, fully fertile, and inhabiting a quite different rich mesic forest habitat with a regionally endemic distribution; it is treated separately here.

Synonymy ⓘ: = F, G, K4, POWO, Tat, Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino (2023); < Viola palmata L. var. palmata — FNA6, NS, RAB; < Viola subsinuata Greene — Pa. Basionym: Viola stoneana House 1905

Links to other floras: < Viola palmata var. palmata - 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 ⓘ: 3

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