Viola septemloba

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Viola septemloba
Viola septemloba WF.jpg
Photo by Alan Cressler hosted at Wildflowers.org
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Violales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species: v. septemloba
Binomial name
Viola septemloba
Leconte
VIOL SEPT DIST.JPG
Natural range of Viola septemloba from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Viola palmata var. palmata; Viola palmata; Viola septemloba ssp. septemloba

Varieties: none

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

V. septemloba has been found in savannahs, creek margins, pine woods, and oak woodlands.[1] It is also found in disturbed areas including roadsides, lawns, and campsites.[1]

Associated species: Hypoxis and Oxalis.[1]

Viola septemloba is an indicator species for the Panhandle Silty Longleaf Woodlands community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).[2]

Fire ecology

Populations of Viola septemloba have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[3]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, B. Boothe, M. Boothe, V Craig, and F. Griffith. States and counties: Florida: Franklin, Jefferson, Liberty, Taylor, and Washington.
  2. Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.
  3. Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.