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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution
Violaceae	Cubelium	Green-violet
Violaceae	Cubelium concolor	Eastern Green-violet	Very nutrient-rich and mesic forests, especially over calcareous substrates such as limestone and dolomite, sometimes extending upslope into dry-mesic or even dry forests and woodlands when the soils are very basic.	VT and s. ON west to MI and KS, south to SC, GA, Panhandle FL, s. AL, ne. MS, and AR.
Violaceae	Pombalia	Green-violet
Violaceae	Pombalia attenuata	Western Green-violet	Disturbed areas, avocado groves, citrus groves, guava groves, along roadsides; recently discovered and now well established in Miami-Dade Co., FL.	Native of s. AZ and Mexico to c. South America.
Violaceae	Pombalia parviflora	Violetilla	Disturbed areas, pastures.	Native of South America. First collected in North America in New Jersey in the 19th century; and again in 1998 by Tom Govus at Fort Pulaski National Monument (Chatham County, GA); it is unclear whether this is a recent introduction or an old weed introduced via ship's ballast (Wofford et al. 2004), also introduced in South Africa, and in India (Parthipan 2019).
Violaceae	Pombalia verticillata	Baby-slippers, Nodding Green-violet	Prairies (especially gravelly or sandy), rocky areas, disturbed areas.	KS and CO south to se. TX, s. TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico.
Violaceae	Viola	Violet, Johnny-jump-up, Pansy
Violaceae	Viola ×williamsii	Horned Pansy	Commonly planted, seeding down locally near plantings.	Of garden origin.
Violaceae	Viola ×wittrockiana	Garden Pansy	Cultivated, very sporadically persistent or remnant after planting.	Native of Europe.
Violaceae	Viola affinis	Leconte’s Violet, Sand Violet	Damp to saturated (less typically periodically inundated), often sandy soils bordering vernal pools, streams and rivers in mesic to wet forests, and on terraces in floodplains and swamp borders.	ME to se. MN, south to GA and AR.
Violaceae	Viola appalachiensis	Appalachian Violet	Moist loam on stream terraces in mesic forests, rich cove forests, and on mafic or ultramafic rocks especially in seepage, serpentine barrens.	PA, MD, and WV south to sw. NC.
Violaceae	Viola arcuata		Lawns.	Native of e. Asia. Found in Bronx, NY and n. NJ (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino 2023).
Violaceae	Viola arvensis	European Field Pansy	Roadsides, fields, other disturbed habitats.	Native of Europe, widely introduced.
Violaceae	Viola baxteri	Baxter's Violet	Sandy or rocky loam of limestone prairies and prairie-like openings, often surrounded by richer mesic or swamp forests.	C. NY to sw. Ont. and se. MI, south to sw. PA, sw. OH, nc. KY, and e. IN.
Violaceae	Viola blanda	Sweet White Violet	Moist microsites in mesic forests on slopes and along streams, often under conifers (e.g., Tsuga), northern, or at higher elevations southwards.	NH and QC west to MN and ne. ND, south to DE, MD, w. NC, n. GA, e. TN, OH, IN, IL, and e. IA.
Violaceae	Viola brittoniana	Northern Coastal Violet, Coast Violet	Moist to seasonally inundated sandy soils of fields, meadows, trail edges, and forest clearings adjacent to rivers and coastal marshes, also peaty river shores.	MA to SC, along the coast.
Violaceae	Viola canadensis	Tall White Violet	Rich cove forests, other rich mesic situations, such as floodplains.	NL (Newfoundland) to ON, south to GA, AL, TN, and AR.
Violaceae	Viola chalcosperma	Jacksonville Violet	Moist soils bordering swamps.	Jacksonville, FL (type locality); may be more widespread in ne. FL than the type locality suggests.
Violaceae	Viola communis	Hooded Blue Violet, Dooryard Violet, Common Blue Violet, Confederate Violet, Sadie Price's Violet	Widespread in moist loam and clay soils of floodplains, thickets, transitioning between forested slopes and swamp or wetland borders, as well as lawns, suburban woodlots, roadsides and other open sites.	Se. PA west to MI and KY, south to VA and MO.
Violaceae	Viola cucullata	Blue Marsh Violet, Bog Violet	Bogs, seeps, margins of spring branches.	NL (Newfoundland) west to MN, south to SC, GA, AL, MS, and MO.
Violaceae	Viola domestica	Yard Violet	Suburban yards.	MA and NY south to NC and MO, the distribution very poorly known because of past inclusion of this taxon in others.
Violaceae	Viola edulis	Atlantic Coast Salad Violet	Sandy to mucky alluvial soils of low terraces, floodplains and swamps along blackwater streams and rivers.	Se. MD (Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp 2016) south to e. GA.
Violaceae	Viola egglestonii	Eggleston's Violet, Nashville Violet	Calcareous barrens and glades, also in disturbed calcareous sites, including pastures, roadsides, and lawns.	Interior Highlands, s. IN south to nw. GA and n. AL (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), nw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988).
Violaceae	Viola emarginata var. 1 ["phasmatifolia" variant]	Insect-leaf Violet	Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands.	Sc. VA south to sc. NC, in the Piedmont and foothills.
Violaceae	Viola emarginata var. 2 ["deltate" variant]		Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands.	C. NC; disjunct in sw. NC.
Violaceae	Viola emarginata var. 3 ["Lower Midwest" variant]	Midwest Triangle-leaved Violet	Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands, lowland prairies.	W. MO and e. KS south through AR and e. OK to w. LA and e. TX.
Violaceae	Viola emarginata var. 4 ["Kentucky" variant]	Kentucky Violet	Dry sandy soils in oak and oak-pine woodlands.	WV and s. OH south and west to n. AL, nc. MS, and w. LA.
Violaceae	Viola emarginata var. 5 ["xiphophylla" variant]		Limited information suggests sandy or rocky soils in montane oak and oak-pine forests, or dry open oak barrens.	W. VA and w. NC, as far as known.
Violaceae	Viola emarginata var. emarginata	Triangle-leaved Violet	Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy soils in oak and oak-pine forests, and open sites along forest borders and roadsides adjacent to open woodlands.	E. MA and s. NY (Long Island) south to w. NC, e. NC, and sw. GA.
Violaceae	Viola eriocarpa	Smooth Yellow Forest Violet	Mesic forests and floodplain terraces of brownwater rivers.	QC west to MB south to DE, MD, w. NC, c. GA, AL, AR, and OK.
Violaceae	Viola fimbriatula	Northern Downy Violet	Somewhat acidic, well-drained sandy and gravelly soils in glades and prairie-like openings, or on slopes of oak forests.	NS west to WI, south to w. NC, e. TN, n. GA, and ne. AL.
Violaceae	Viola floridana var. 1 ["peninsular Florida" variant]	Peninsular Blue Violet	Loamy soils in mesic forests, floodplain borders and hammocks.	C. peninsular FL.
Violaceae	Viola floridana var. 2 ["rosacea" variant]	Mississippi Blue Violet	Loamy soils in mesic forests, floodplain borders.	S. MS and s. LA.
Violaceae	Viola floridana var. floridana	Florida Blue Violet	Loamy soils in mesic forests, floodplain borders and hammocks.	S. GA south to c. peninsular FL, west to s. AL.
Violaceae	Viola glaberrima	Northern Wedgeleaf Violet	Rich mesic to wet-mesic forests on lower slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks.	Sw. PA, s. OH south to se. KY, sw. NC, c. NC, and nc. SC.
Violaceae	Viola hastata	Spearleaf Violet, Silverleaf Violet, Halberd-leaf Violet, Halberd-leaved Yellow Violet	Acidic coves, dry-mesic oak forests, bluff forests, bases of rock ledges.	C. and w. PA and ne. OH south to c. GA, Panhandle FL, sc. AL, and se. MS.
Violaceae	Viola hirsutula	Wood Violet, Southern Woodland Violet	Bottomlands, moist slopes, dry forests and clearings.	CT, NY, PA, OH, and s. IN, south to Panhandle FL, AL, and MS.
Violaceae	Viola incognita	Common Sweet White Violet, Large-leaved White Violet	Moist to wet forests.	NL (Labrador) to MN and ne. ND, south to DE, PA, and WI, and in the Appalachians south to w. NC.
Violaceae	Viola inconspicua	Asian Wedgeleaf Violet	Disturbed areas, parking lots, gardens, increasingly appearing in natural areas.	Native of e. Asia. Probably considerably more widespread than currently mapped, spreading rapidly in nursery material.
Violaceae	Viola labradorica	American Dog-violet	Moist alluvial woodlands and forests, seepage slopes, marl ravines, hammocks.	NL (Labrador) west to AK, south to e. VA, nw. SC (Gaddy et al. 1984), n. GA, c. AL, and OH; disjunct in sw. GA and Panhandle FL.
Violaceae	Viola lanceolata	Lanceleaf Violet, Northern Water Violet	Bogs, seepage slopes, pitcher plant seepage bogs, streamheads and their margins, small swamp forests, depression ponds, interdune swales and ponds, other wet habitats.	NB west to MN, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.
Violaceae	Viola langloisii	Langlois's Violet	Alluvial sand and silt of floodplains and bottomlands in close proximity to the flooding zone, along streams and rivers emptying into the Gulf Coast.	MS to se. OK, south along the w. FL Panhandle and to se. coastal TX.
Violaceae	Viola lovelliana	Lovell's Violet	Dry sandy soils under oak-pine woodlands and forested bluffs.	S. and w. AR to c. OK, south to se. LA and s.-c. TX (reports outside this region are misidentifications).
Violaceae	Viola minuscula	Wild White Violet	Brookbanks, seepages.	NL (Labrador) west to NT, south to GA, AL, MS, MO, SD, CO, UT, NV, and CA.
Violaceae	Viola missouriensis	Missouri Violet	Sandy soils of bottomland forests along streams, rivers and lakeshores.	W. Midwest, Great Plains and Lower Midwest, c. IN to MN, s. to w. MS, e. TX.
Violaceae	Viola monacanora	Monacan Violet	Rocky loam soils at moderate elevations.	Endemic to Blue Ridge mountains and upper Piedmont of VA and nw. NC.
Violaceae	Viola nephrophylla	Northern Bog Violet	Strongly calciphilic, seasonally or perennially saturated open sites such as bedrock pavement, rocky shores, fens, marl bogs and wet prairies, occasionally in disturbed sites especially around crushed limestone.	NL (Newfoundland) and YT south to PA, WV, VA (where perhaps only introduced), IN, IL, LA, TX, CA, and Mexico (COA, NLE, SON).
Violaceae	Viola odorata	Sweet Violet, English Violet	Gardens, lawns, disturbed places, persistent or weakly spreading from horticultural use.	Native of Europe.
Violaceae	Viola palmata var. 1 ["pseudostoneana" variant]		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.	Sc. PA south in the Appalachians to w. NC and e. TN.
Violaceae	Viola palmata var. 2 ["glabrate palmata" variant]	Alabama Three-lobed Violet	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.	N. AL.
Violaceae	Viola palmata var. 3 ["Red Hills palmata" variant]	Red Hills Violet	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.	Coastal Plain, w. GA sc. AL, LA, and s. AR.
Violaceae	Viola palmata var. 4 ["avipes" variant]		Dry woodlands.	Appalachians of VA.
Violaceae	Viola palmata var. palmata	Southern Three-lobed Violet, Wood Violet	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.	ME west to WI, south to FL, AL, MS, LA, and TX. Widespread at lower elevations of Piedmont and Coastal Plain in southeastern U.S, and Lower Midwest.
Violaceae	Viola palmata var. triloba	Northern Three-lobed Violet	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, ranging into somewhat moister substrates in forested situations, including drier microsites on stream and rivers terraces and borders of swamps.	Ne. US and s. ONT southward into the s. Appalachian highlands, mostly absent from Lower Piedmont and se. Atlantic Coastal Plain, the s. limit in the Gulf States and Lower Midwest unclear.
Violaceae	Viola pectinata	Pectinate Violet	Moist sandy or peaty soils, sphagnous ground and seeps of coastal (sometimes brackish) marshes and riverbanks, and fields, meadows, trail edges, and forest clearings in formerly natural habitats.	Atlantic coast, MA south to NC.
Violaceae	Viola pedata ssp. cuneatiloba	Biternate Bird's-foot Violet	Dry rocky or sandy forests, woodlands, glades, and roadbanks.	Sw. NJ and se. PA to w. MD, south to wc. VA and se. WV.
Violaceae	Viola pedata ssp. pedata	Common Bird's-foot Violet	Dry rocky or sandy forests, woodlands, glades, and roadbanks.	NH, NY, MI, WI, MN, and ND south to s. GA, s. AL, s. MS, s. LA, and e. TX.
Violaceae	Viola pedata var. flabellata	Sandhill Bird’s-foot Violet	Dry to xeric longleaf pine sandhills.	Sc. NC south to c. SC (and perhaps GA). There are a few odd collections in the West Gulf Coastal Plain that resemble var. flabellata.
Violaceae	Viola pedatifida	Crowfoot Violet	Organic loam of dry-mesic to mesic prairies.	ON west to AB, south to n. OH, IN, AR, OK, NM, and AZ; material disjunct in w. VA attributed as V. pedatifida is a new species, Viola tenuisecta.
Violaceae	Viola pratincola	Meadow Violet	Wet prairies bordering streams and rivers, less often streambanks and swampy woodlands, often invading anthropogenic sites such as low-lying lawns and railroad rights-of-way.	WI west to ND, south to c. IL, AR, e. TX, and NM.
Violaceae	Viola primulifolia	Primrose-leaf Violet	Bogs, wet savannas, pocosins, sandhill streamhead ecotones, moist organic soils along small streams.	NL (Newfoundland) to ON, south to s. FL, and west to TX and se. OK.
Violaceae	Viola pubescens	Hairy Yellow Forest Violet	Rich deciduous forests.	ME and s. QC west to SD, south to DE, NC, TN, MO, NE, and TX.
Violaceae	Viola rafinesquei	Wild Pansy, Field Pansy, Johnny-jump-up	Pastures, roadsides, lawns, other disturbed habitats, less commonly in dry rocky woodlands and barrens.	MA and NY west to SD and CO, south to Panhandle FL, TX, and AZ.
Violaceae	Viola renifolia	Kidneyleaf Violet	Dry organic-rich often sandy or rocky soil, or ledges in dry or dry-mesic forests, somewhat of a calciphile and often on limestone.	NL west to AK, south to ne. PA, MI, ne. IA, w. SD, CO, ID, and WA.
Violaceae	Viola retusa	Great Plains Violet	Gravel riverbanks along rivers and streams, sometimes under open woods bordering riverbanks, in the Great Plains.	N. ND to n. WY, south to e. KS, c. TX and nc. CO.
Violaceae	Viola rostrata	Long-spurred Violet	Acidic cove forests, other mesic forests, often under Tsuga canadensis, but also in calcareous forests (as in n. AL).	NH and QC west to WI, south to GA and AL.
Violaceae	Viola rotundifolia	Roundleaf Yellow Violet, Early Yellow Violet	Rich to acidic coves and other moist forests.	ME to s. ON, south to w. NC, n. GA, and e. TN.
Violaceae	Viola sagittata	Arrowhead Violet	Dry to moist forests and woodlands.	MA west to MN, south to GA and e. TX.
Violaceae	Viola selkirkii	Selkirk's Violet, Great Spurred Violet	Cool forests and in rock crevices.	Circumboreal: NL to AK, south to RI, PA, WI, n. MN and n. WA, disjunct in SD and CO; Greenland, Eurasia.
Violaceae	Viola septemloba	Southern Coastal Violet	Longleaf pine sandhills, other sandy pinelands and secondary habitats derived from them.	Se. VA south to s. FL, west to LA, mainly on the Coastal Plain.
Violaceae	Viola septentrionalis var. septentrionalis	Northern Wood Violet	Moist woods, moist thickets.	Boreal and montane, interruptedly transcontinental, NL to e.-c. ONT, s. to NJ, PA, along Appalachians to w. NC and e. TN; apparently disjunct in the nw. Rocky Mtns (reports in the s. Great Lakes and Midwest are misidentifications) (P. McMillan, pers. comm.), e. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), MI, WI, MT, and WA.
Violaceae	Viola sororia var. 1 ["glabrous" variant]		Moist forests.	Se. PA, w. VA, w. NC; poorly known and probably more widespread.
Violaceae	Viola sororia var. 2 ["hirsutuloides" variant]		Loam or clay soils in dry-mesic to wet-mesic forests, higher ground and terraces or borders of bottomlands.	E. NJ and PA, c. NY, e. OH, w. NC and n. GA.
Violaceae	Viola sororia var. sororia	Common Blue Violet	Loam or clay soils in dry-mesic to wet-mesic forests, higher ground and terraces or borders of bottomlands, and lawns and other anthropogenically modified sites formerly with native vegetation.	NL (Newfoundland) west to MB, south to s. FL and TX.
Violaceae	Viola species 2 ["pedatiloba"]		Alluvial sand and silt of floodplains and bottomlands in close proximity to the flooding zone, along streams and rivers emptying into the Gulf Coast.	W. side of the Mississippi Embayment, w. LA, near Crowley and e.-c. AR, should be sought in the intervening region.
Violaceae	Viola species 3 ["impostor"]	Impostor Violet	Sandy alluvium along streams and rivers, usually near the coast.	Se. lower Atlantic Coastal Plain, se. VA to GA.
Violaceae	Viola species 5 ["Gulf Coastal Plain edulis"]		Moist loamy soils of floodplains, swamps and hammocks.	Confirmed in FL, s. GA and s. AL; the range of this recently detected new species is currently being reinterpreted and is probably broader than presented here.
Violaceae	Viola stoneana	Stone's Violet	Moist loam of rich mesic forest slopes and bases of slopes.	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.
Violaceae	Viola striata	Cream Violet, Pale Violet	Mesic forests and woodlands, disturbed areas.	MA west to WI, south to GA, AR, and e. OK.
Violaceae	Viola subsinuata var. 1 ["Chapel Hill" variant]	Chapel Hill Violet	Sandy or rocky loamy soils in rich dry and dry-mesic forests, probably associated with mafic rocks.	Endemic to nc. NC (so far as is known).
Violaceae	Viola subsinuata var. subsinuata	Wavy-leaved Violet	Rich, dry-mesic and dry upland forests, probably associated with mafic rocks.	VT and c. PA south to NC, ne. AL, ne. MS and e. KY; slightly disjunct in e. OH (if these are not de novo hybrids involving V. baxteri) and in northern Piedmont from CT south to NJ.
Violaceae	Viola tenuipes	Southern Wedge-leaf Violet	Rich dry to dry-mesic forests.	Sw. NC and c. TN south to c. SC, w. GA, FL Panhandle, and c. and nw. AL.
Violaceae	Viola tenuisecta	Shale Barren Violet	Dry to seasonally moist less acidic sandy soils and rock outcrops in shaded microsites in and around shale barrens.	Endemic to shale barrens slopes of Alleghany and Bath Counties in w. VA; should be sought in adjacent WV.
Violaceae	Viola tricolor	Pansy, Johnny-jump-up	Lawns, garden borders, railroad rights-of-way, commonly cultivated.	Native of Europe.
Violaceae	Viola tripartita	Three-parted Yellow Violet	Moist slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks.	Sw. NC and se. TN south to w. SC, nc. GA, and ne. AL; disjunct in s. OH, w. WV, and ne. KY.
Violaceae	Viola viarum	Limestone Riverbank Violet, Plains Violet	Moist to wet limestone gravel and bedrock riverbanks and streamsides, bluffs, bottomland prairies, and along roadsides and other disturbed areas formerly in natural habitat.	Missouri River and Ozarks in central and lower Midwest, w. IL to se. SD, s. to MO, nw. LA and e. OK (specimens collected outside this region are not typical, do not inhabit the specific habitats of this species, and are suspected of being hybrids).
Violaceae	Viola villosa	Southern Woolly Violet	Pocosin ecotones, other sites with moist soils, rocky or sandy oak-pine woodlands or wooded slopes.	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.
Violaceae	Viola vittata	Southern Water Violet, Strap-leaved Violet	Depression ponds, Carolina bays, other wetlands lacking flowing water.	DE and s. NJ south to FL, west to e. TX; nw. IN and ne. IL.
Violaceae	Viola walteri	Walter's Violet, Prostrate Blue Violet	Nutrient-rich woodlands and forests, dolomite bluffs and ledges especially on mafic or calcareous rocks to the north, on coquina limestone (marl) in the SC Coastal Plain, and in sandy or rocky and often more acidic soils in dry or dry-mesic forests southward.	Sc. PA, ne. WV, and w. VA west to sc. OH and AR, south to n. peninsular FL and e. TX.
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