Viola rotundifolia

ClassificationDicots
FamilyViolaceae
Family (Traditional)Violaceae
GenusViola
Species:Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Common NameRoundleaf Yellow Violet
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; 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; 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: crenate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; 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 6
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S3S4] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
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: Bell (KY), Harlan (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), McCreary (KY), Menifee (KY), Morgan (KY), Owsley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Greene (TN), Johnson (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Scott (TN), Shelby (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1939 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0152796 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152798 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0153766 Kentucky
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152811 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152812 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152807 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
APSC0092647 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Viola rotundifolia
APSC0083892 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Viola rotundifolia
HTTU016986 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Viola rotundifolia
HTTU009969 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Viola rotundifolia
SWMT02210 Shelby Tennessee 15 Apr 1939 GCB
SWMT
Viola rotundifolia
31234100699584 McCreary Kentucky 18 Apr 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1273
EKY
Viola rotundifolia
31234100852423 Menifee Kentucky 25 Apr 1989 Ross C. Clark
22214
EKY
Viola rotundifolia
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 06 Jun 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Viola rotundifolia
ETSU007811 Johnson Tennessee 07 Apr 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152815 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0153767 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152810 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152814 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153181 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
ETSU035545 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Viola rotundifolia
31234100699592 Owsley Kentucky 28 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2740
EKY
Viola rotundifolia
N/A Letcher Kentucky 31 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2050
EKY
Viola rotundifolia
31234100699576 Letcher Kentucky 31 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2051
EKY
Viola rotundifolia
31973000018058 Morgan Kentucky 01 Jul 1998 Risk, Allen
10,940
KNK
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152817 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152792 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
UCHT020136 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153188 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153186 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
31234100699568 Laurel Kentucky 10 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1567
EKY
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152805 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152793 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
APSC0061208 Letcher Kentucky 29 Apr 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Viola rotundifolia
APSC0083749 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153183 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
ETSU035542 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Viola rotundifolia
ETSU035544 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Viola rotundifolia
BEREA022514 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Viola rotundifolia
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 03 Apr 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152799 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152809 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
APSC0000446 Johnson Tennessee 10 Apr 2010 Dwayne Estes, with Kim Norton, Matt Bruton, and Courtney Gorman
2010-44
APSC
Viola rotundifolia
MTSU012700 Bell Kentucky 08 Apr 1978 Riley E. Sain
36
MTSU
Viola rotundifolia
ETSU035543 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152800 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152813 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152797 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
APSC0061220 Harlan Kentucky 26 Jun 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153185 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153184 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153190 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
31234100859618 Wolfe Kentucky 21 Apr 1972 Jerry Buskin
1208
EKY
Viola rotundifolia
BEREA022513 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152808 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152794 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152806 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152803 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
MTSU012703 Davidson Tennessee 19 Apr 1987 Eric Hawkins
1
MTSU
Viola rotundifolia
MTSU012702 Davidson Tennessee 08 Apr 1984 Sabina Kupershmidt
27
MTSU
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153182 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153111 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153189 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153187 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
ETSU031776 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Viola rotundifolia
31234100699519 Harlan Kentucky 23 Mar 2005 Amy V. McIntosh
John McIntosh
EKY
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152802 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152801 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152804 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152795 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152816 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
TENN-V-0152791 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Viola rotundifolia
APSC0045060 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Viola rotundifolia
APSC0104052 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Viola rotundifolia
MTSU012701 Bedford Tennessee 16 Apr 1982 John Clowers
19
MTSU
Viola rotundifolia
BRIT153180 Tennessee
VDB
Viola rotundifolia
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Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw
Viola rotundifolia - Joey Shaw