Viola labradorica

Classification	Dicots
Family	Violaceae
Family (Traditional)	Violaceae
Genus	Viola
Species:	Viola labradorica Schrank
Common Name	Alpine Violet
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BEH; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaflet Margins: crenate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Blue; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: solitary; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1; Stamen Number: 2; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: 0
C value	5
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Viola adunca var. minor	Viola adunca var. minor (Hook.) Fernald
Viola conspersa	Viola conspersa Rchb.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Floyd (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Leslie (KY), Letcher (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Morgan (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1959 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100738705	Grainger	Tennessee	15 May 1974	J. Stuart Lassetter 2067	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100702875	Harlan	Kentucky	30 Apr 1993	Bryce Fields 171	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738739	Bledsoe	Tennessee	14 May 1989	Ronald Jones 6043	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738978	Floyd	Kentucky	16 May 2005	Robert Oney Rain Storm	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738960	Harlan	Kentucky	11 May 1993	Landon E. McKinney 5436	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738945	Harlan	Kentucky	24 May 2000	Timothy J. Weckman 5636	EKY Viola labradorica
31973000020482	Cumberland	Tennessee	07 May 1973	Gonsoulin, Gene 2098	KNK Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151954	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151963	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151943	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151975	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151946	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0153299	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151942	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151961	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
31234100738887	Knox	Kentucky	19 May 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1813	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100702867	Harlan	Kentucky	23 Apr 1993	Bryce Fields 129	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738986	Bell	Kentucky	14 May 2004	Amy V. McIntosh Ronald L. Jones	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738903	Knox	Kentucky	14 May 1974	J. Stuart Lassetter 2035	EKY Viola labradorica
BEREA022417	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Viola conspersa
BEREA022414	Jackson	Kentucky			BEREA Viola conspersa
BEREA022416	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151937	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151985	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151982	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0153285		Kentucky			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151957	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151938	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
UCHT019824	Cumberland	Tennessee			UCHT Viola conspersa
APSC0061144	Harlan	Kentucky	03 Jun 1983	Max Medley	APSC Viola labradorica
31234100738812	Letcher	Kentucky	31 May 1979	Richard H. Hannan 2033	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100702891	Knox	Kentucky	15 May 1993	Judith E. Rozeman 260	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738879	Knox	Kentucky	10 May 1993	Landon E. McKinney 5389	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738911	Knox	Kentucky	20 May 1984	R.L. Jones 4286	EKY Viola labradorica
BEREA022419	Rockcastle	Kentucky			BEREA Viola conspersa
BEREA022415	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151983	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0153387	Harlan	Kentucky			TENN Viola labradorica
TENN-V-0151947	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151944	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
UCHT019904	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Viola labradorica
APSC0061121	Harlan	Kentucky	18 May 1983	Max Medley	APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0000543	Van Buren	Tennessee	09 May 2002	C A Fleming 1983	APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0079935	Whitley	Kentucky			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0099757	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Viola labradorica
31234100738838	Leslie	Kentucky	23 May 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1917	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738853	Laurel	Kentucky	16 May 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1719	EKY Viola labradorica
BEREA022418	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151941	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151971	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151974	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151952	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151973	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151968	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151959	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151984	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
APSC0061166	Wolfe	Kentucky			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0080057	Laurel	Kentucky	08 May 1980		APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0000544	Morgan	Tennessee	01 May 2006	D Estes, J Beck 8837	APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0061120	Laurel	Kentucky	25 Jul 1979	Max Medley	APSC Viola labradorica
31234100738713	Fentress	Tennessee	13 May 1989	Ronald Jones 6008	EKY Viola labradorica
ETSU006288	Greene	Tennessee	11 Apr 2016	Frosty Levy	ETSU Viola labradorica
31973000020480	McCreary	Kentucky	16 May 1994	Thieret, John 57404	KNK Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151945	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151981	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151936	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151965	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151953	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151949	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151986	White	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
UCHT019903	Cumberland	Tennessee			UCHT Viola labradorica
UCHT019822	Bledsoe	Tennessee			UCHT Viola conspersa
UCHT019821	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Viola conspersa
APSC0093729	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0055580	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Viola labradorica
31234100738754	Rockcastle	Kentucky	12 May 1990	Neal Denton 1090	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738952	Harlan	Kentucky	12 May 1993	Landon E. McKinney 5403	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738796	Madison	Kentucky		James Johnson	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738788	McCreary	Kentucky	18 Apr 1979	R. Hannan 1270	EKY Viola labradorica
TENN-V-0151951	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151970	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151955	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151980	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151978	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151940	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
UCHT019823	Morgan	Tennessee			UCHT Viola conspersa
APSC0045059	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0056151	White	Tennessee			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0080064	Whitley	Kentucky			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0040389	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Viola labradorica
31234100738937	Harlan	Kentucky	20 May 1992	Landon E. McKinney 5017	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738895	Knox	Kentucky	17 May 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1768	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738770	Powell	Kentucky	21 Apr 1996	Mary Carol Cooper 18	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738846	Laurel	Kentucky	10 May 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1556	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738929	Jackson	Kentucky	21 Apr 1977	Gregory K. Johnson	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738861	Laurel	Kentucky	17 Apr 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1217	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738804	Letcher	Kentucky	20 May 1978	Jeffery D. Sole 96	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738721	Cumberland	Tennessee		Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Viola labradorica
TENN-V-0151956	Hancock	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151966	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151972	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151962	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151950	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151935	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
HTTU016890	Fentress	Tennessee			HTTU Viola conspersa
APSC0078887	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0103940	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0103939	Knox	Kentucky			APSC Viola labradorica
HTTU016894	Clay	Tennessee			HTTU Viola conspersa
HTTU016892	Fentress	Tennessee			HTTU Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0244430	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
BRIT152740	Morgan	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152709	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152713	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152739	Pickett	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152716	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152728	White	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152706	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152718	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152708	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
HTTU016888	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Viola conspersa
HTTU016889	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Viola conspersa
MTSU012131	Coffee	Tennessee	12 Apr 1997	Jeff Bennett	MTSU Viola conspersa
BRIT152730	White	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152710	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152722	Fentress	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152721	Fentress	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152725	Williamson	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152731	White	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152738	Scott	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152744	Grundy	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152732	White	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152729	White	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152735	Van Buren	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152719	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
APSC0040547	Harlan	Kentucky	06 May 2006		APSC Viola labradorica
HTTU016893	Warren	Tennessee			HTTU Viola conspersa
MTSU012130	Cumberland	Tennessee	11 Apr 1992	Anne Morris	MTSU Viola conspersa
BRIT152714	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152712	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152736	Unicoi	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152727	White	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152726	White	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152742	Grundy	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152720	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152705	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152711	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
UCHT033158		Tennessee			UCHT Viola labradorica
UOS06245	Franklin	Tennessee	25 Mar 1959	J.M. Hyde	UOS Viola labradorica
UOS06244	Bledsoe	Tennessee	10 May 2002	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Viola labradorica
BRIT152704	Blount	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152734	Van Buren	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152707	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152743	Grundy	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
31234100702883	Harlan	Kentucky	30 Apr 1993	Bryce Fields 180	EKY Viola labradorica
31234100738762	Powell	Kentucky	21 Apr 1996	Mary Carol Cooper 19	EKY Viola labradorica
TENN-V-0151969	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151948	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151939	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151976	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151958	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151977	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0153286	Bell	Kentucky			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151960	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
APSC0095823	Bledsoe	Tennessee			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0103240	Knox	Kentucky			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0103618	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Viola labradorica
TENN-V-0151967	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151979	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
TENN-V-0151964	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Viola conspersa
UCHT019825	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Viola conspersa
UCHT033156		Tennessee			UCHT Viola labradorica
UCHT033157	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Viola labradorica
BRIT152717	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152733	Van Buren	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152723	Fentress	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152745	Fentress	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152737	Sevier	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152715	Cumberland	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
BRIT152741	Morgan	Tennessee			VDB Viola conspersa
APSC0000542	Campbell	Tennessee	05 May 2008	Aaron Floden, D.K. Smith and Gene Wofford 402	APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0104085	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Viola labradorica
APSC0103239	Grainger	Tennessee			APSC Viola labradorica
MTSU012129	Wilson	Tennessee	13 Apr 1991	Brian White	MTSU Viola conspersa
HTTU016886	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Viola conspersa
HTTU016891	Fentress	Tennessee			HTTU Viola conspersa
HTTU016887	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Viola conspersa
UCHT033160		Tennessee			UCHT Viola labradorica

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