Viola walteri House
Detail
- Family
- Violaceae
- Botanical Name
- Viola walteri House
- Common Name
- Prostrate Blue Violet, Walter's Violet
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Viola walteri House var. walteri
- Comments
- We do not recognize vars. of Viola walteri because Ballard's "Systematics of Viola Section Viola, s. str., in North America north of Mexico", C. Mich. Univ (1992), provides ample evidence for the recognition of Viola appalachiensis (V. walteri var. appalachiensis) as a species. Plants identified as V. walteri but occurring on ecotones of mafic fens in Grayson County need critical re-examination to determine whether they are V. appalachiensis. These plants are consistent with the latter in habitat and geographic range.
- Habitat
- Mesic to dry, rocky forests, woodlands, barrens, ledges, pastures, and road banks on limestone and dolostone; also in mafic fens and seeps (see Comments). Infrequent to rare in the sw. mountains, n. to Botetourt County (Ridge and Valley and Southern Blue Ridge).
- Native Status
- Native
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