Viola tripartita Elliott. Section: Chamaemelanium. Common name: Three-parted Yellow Violet. Phenology: Chasmogamous flower Mar-Jun; chasmogamous fruit Apr-Jul; cleistogamous Habitat: Moist slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks. Distribution: Sw. NC and se. TN south to w. SC, nc. GA, and ne. AL; disjunct in s. OH, w. WV, and ne. KY.
ID notes: This species is distinctive.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino (2023); = Viola tripartita Elliott var. tripartita – G, RAB, S, S13, W, Ballard () (in prep); < Viola tripartita Elliott – C, F, FNA6, K1, K3, K4, Tn, Va, WH3, WV, McKinney & Russell (2002)
Links to other floras: < Viola tripartita - FNA6
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial found on moist slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks.
Stems: Stems 1-2 from a single crown, hairy or smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with a pair of stipules at the base, diamond-shaped to triangular or oval, sometimes divided into 3 lance-shaped segments, with widely spaced teeth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers on ascending stalks from leaf axils, bright yellow, to 3/4 in. wide, bilaterally symmetric, with 5 unequal petals; the 3 lowest petals have purplish-brown veins and the 2 lateral ones are bearded at the base.
Fruits: Fruit an elliptical capsule.
Comments: Closed, self-pollinating flowers are present in this Viola species.
Height: 5-15 in.
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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial found on moist slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks.
stems: Stems 1-2 from a single crown, hairy or smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with a pair of stipules at the base, diamond-shaped to triangular or oval, sometimes divided into 3 lance-shaped segments, with widely spaced teeth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers on ascending stalks from leaf axils, bright yellow, to 3/4 in. wide, bilaterally symmetric, with 5 unequal petals; the 3 lowest petals have purplish-brown veins and the 2 lateral ones are bearded at the base.
fruits: Fruit an elliptical capsule.
comments: Closed, self-pollinating flowers are present in this Viola species.
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