Viola palmata var. heterophylla
Sketch. Bot. S. Carolina 1: 300. 1817.
Common names: Salad violet
Endemic
Synonyms: Viola esculenta Elliott ex Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 142.
Plants usually glabrous, rarely pubescent. Leaves 3–5-lobed, middle lobes ovate, widely ovate, or elliptic to widely obovate, apex rounded, blunt, or obtuse.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Blackwater floodplains and other wet ground along streams, swamps
Elevation: 0–100 m
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va.
Discussion
L. E. McKinney (1992) did not recognize var. heterophylla; D. B. Ward (2006) provided convincing evidence to recognize it, but he chose to do so as var. esculenta (Elliott ex Greene) D. B. Ward, an illegitimate name.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.