Viola pedata var. ranunculifolia
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 291. 1824.
Endemic
Basionym: Viola ranunculifolia Jussieu ex Poiret in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 8: 626. 1808
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 143.
Leaf blades ovate to narrowly elliptic, 3–5(–10)-lobed, lobes deltate or ovate, base cuneate, apex rounded to acute.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Sandy, open woods
Elevation: 50–200 m
Discussion
Variety ranunculifolia is apparently endemic to the Fall Line Sandhill physiographic province of South Carolina and North Carolina.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.