Viola walteri

ClassificationDicots
FamilyViolaceae
Family (Traditional)Violaceae
GenusViola
Species:Viola walteri House
Common NameProstrate Blue Violet
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaflet Margins: crenulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Blue; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 8
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G4G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.
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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

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Carter (KY), Jessamine (KY), Bedford (TN), Blount (TN), Davidson (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), McMinn (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, HTTU, KNK, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1983 - 2020

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0153138 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153142 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
APSC0061133 Carter Kentucky 01 May 1983 Max Medley
 APSC
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153137 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
HTTU017030 Tennessee
HTTU
Viola walteri
APSC0061134 Carter Kentucky 01 May 1983 Max Medley
 APSC
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153136 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153141 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
N/A Blount Tennessee 27 Mar 2020 L. Phillips
#5		 HTTU
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153128 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153135 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153139 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153132 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153133 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
APSC0000279 White Tennessee 25 Jul 2010 Dwayne Estes
11743		 APSC
Viola walteri
31973000016640 Franklin Tennessee 15 May 1996 McKinney, Landon
6535		 KNK
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153129 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153134 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
APSC0107722 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153131 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153140 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153130 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
TENN-V-0153143 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Viola walteri
APSC0087672 Jessamine Kentucky 20 Apr 1986 Max Medley
 APSC
Viola walteri
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Viola walteri - Tara Littlefield
Viola walteri - Tara Littlefield