Viola tripartita Elliott. Section: Chamaemelanium. Three-parted Yellow Violet. Phen: Chasmogamous flower Mar-Jun; chasmogamous fruit Apr-Jul; cleistogamous Hab: Moist slopes and bottomlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks. Dist: 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)
Heliophily ?: 4
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