Viola villosa Walter. Section: Nosphinium. Subsection: Borealiamericanae. Common name: Southern Woolly Violet. Phenology: (Late Dec-) Feb-early Apr. Habitat: Pocosin ecotones, other sites with moist soils, rocky or sandy oak-pine woodlands or wooded slopes. Distribution: NC south to n. peninsular FL, west to TX and OK. Reported for VA by Kartesz (1999), on the basis of Massey (1961); report requiring additional documentation.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, F, Fl2, FNA6, G, K1, K3, K4, NcTx, RAB, S, S13, Tx, WH3, Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino (2023), Gil-ad (1998), McKinney & Russell (2002); = n/a – Tat; < Viola villosa Walter – C
Links to other floras: = Viola villosa - FNA6
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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