Viola tenuipes Pollard. Section: Chamaemelanium. Common name: Southern Wedge-leaf Violet. Phenology: Feb-Mar. Habitat: Rich dry to dry-mesic forests. Distribution: Sw. NC and c. TN south to c. SC, w. GA, FL Panhandle, and c. and nw. AL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Resurrected from obscurity, preliminary study has demonstrated that this is distinct in a number of leaf features from the more northern V. glaberrima, occupies somewhat drier microsites, has a nearly allopatric distribution, and virtually never grows near the latter in the very small zone of sympatry. It is maintained as a distinct species here.
Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO, Ballard () (in prep), Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino (2023); < Viola tripartita Elliott — Fl2, FNA6, K4, NS, WH3; < Viola tripartita Elliott var. glaberrima (Ging. ex Chapm.) R.M.Harper — RAB. Basionym: Viola tenuipes Pollard 1902
Links to other floras: < Viola tripartita - FNA6
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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