Viola blanda

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Family:VIOLACEAE
Species:Viola blanda Willd.
Common Name:Sweet White Violet
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VIBL
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:The name of this well known eastern North American species (Viola blanda Willd. 1804) has been conserved over the earlier but unused European Viola blanda Salisbury (1796), a synonym of Viola cornuta L.(Choo et al 2014).--B. Keener
Status:Native, S? (State Rank), G4G5 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyVIOLACEAE - Violet family
Genus Viola
Species Viola blanda Willd. - Sweet White Violet

Citation

Citation Viola blanda Willdenow, Hort. Berol. 1(2): pl. 24. 1804.
Basionym: **
Type: "America boreali" (lectotype: Willdenow, Icon. t. 24. Jan-Feb 1804). Lectotypified by Choo, T.Y.S., K.N. Gandhi, J.H. Wiersema, C.E. Jarvis & J.L. Reveal. Taxon 63: 690. 2014.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Viola blanda var. palustriformis    
Viola incognita    
Viola leconteana    

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; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Calhoun, Cullman, Lawrence, Lee, Tuscaloosa, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1872 - 1977

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
JSU137329 Calhoun 27 Mar 1954 Botany Class
s.n.		 JSU
Viola blanda Willdenow
ALNHS00008107 Cullman 20 Apr 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5993		 ALNHS
Viola blanda Willd.
UNA00011498 Lawrence 26 Apr 1977 Haynes, Robert R.
6140		 UNA
Viola blanda Willd.
UNA00061221 Lawrence 05 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11712		 UNA
Viola blanda Willd. var. blanda
UNA00065252 Lawrence 08 Apr 2003 England, J. Kevin
358		 UNA
Viola blanda Willd.
AUA_ACC_14756 Lee 11 Apr 1969 HARMON, CRYSTAL
085		 AUA
VIOLA BLANDA WILLD.
UNA00011233 Tuscaloosa 10 Apr 1872 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Viola blanda Willd.
SAMF0002566 Winston 07 May 1959 McCullough, Herbert A.
s.n.		 SAMF
Viola blanda Willdenow
UNA00025370 Winston 08 Apr 1967 Bolin, B.
s.n.		 UNA
Viola blanda Willd.
UNA00070401 Winston 06 May 1999 Haynes, Robert R.
9958		 UNA
Viola blanda Willd.
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