Viola pedata Linnaeus var. flabellata D. Don & Link. Section: Nosphinium. Subsection: Pedatae. Common name: Sandhill Bird’s-foot Violet. Phenology: Chasmogamous flower Mar-Jul (Sep-Nov); chasmogamous fruit May-Jul. Habitat: Dry to xeric longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: 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.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO; = Viola pedata L. var. ranunculifolia (Juss. ex Poir.) Ging. ex DC. — FNA6, K4, NSProv, McKinney & Russell (2002); < Viola pedata L. — RAB, S, Haines (2001). Basionym: Viola pedata L. var. flabellata D.Don & Link 1834
Links to other floras: = Viola pedata var. ranunculifolia - FNA6
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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