Viola hirsutula

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Family:	VIOLACEAE
Species:	Viola hirsutula Brainerd
Common Name:	Southern Woodland Violet
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	VIHI2
Plant Notes:	Southern Woodland Violet is a native perennial in the Violet family (Violaceae). It can be found scattered throughout Alabama, but is not common. Southern Woodland Violet grows in dry pine or hardwood forests, on roadsides, and in cemeteries. It is an acaulescent (lacking an above ground stem) blue violet, with a short, thick underground rhizome. Southern Woodland Violet has leaves that are pubescent and mottled silvery green above with dark purple veins. Below the leaves are glabrous and pale silvery purple. The flowers are pale blue with streaks of white in the throat. The fruit is a capsule. Walter's Violet (Viola walteri House) is similar, but it produces procumbent stems and occurs usually in rich woodlands. Walter's Violet is colonial and mat forming, while the Southern Woodland Violet usually occurs as single plants. Southern Woodland Violet is not usually available from wildflower nurseries, but can easily be grown from seed. Two horticultural varies are sometimes available: Viola hirsutula 'Purpurea' with very dark foliage, and Viola hirsutula 'Alba' with silvery leaves with dark veins.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, G4 (Global Rank)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	VIOLACEAE - Violet family
Genus	Viola
Species	Viola hirsutula Brainerd - Southern Woodland Violet

Citation

Citation	Viola hirsutula Brainerd, Rhodora 9(102): 98. 1907.
Basionym:	**
Type:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Clarke, Clay, Conecuh, Covington, Cullman, Escambia, Etowah, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Talladega

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1980 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UWAL0011086	Bullock	09 Feb 2012	Dykes, Bailee 293	UWAL Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137364	Clay	20 Mar 1993	Ballard, J. Mark 1419	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137366	Cullman	27 Mar 1998	Spaulding, Daniel D. 10468	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWFP018393	Escambia	14 Apr 2001	James R. Burkhalter 17700	UWFP Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UNA00061269	Lawrence	13 Apr 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11728	UNA Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137368	Limestone	12 Apr 1970	Kral, Robert 38344	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
SAMF0002607	Jefferson	07 Apr 1959	McCullough, Herbert A. s.n.	SAMF Viola hirsutula Brainerd
TROY000037199	Marengo	09 Mar 2012	England, J. Kevin 3248	TROY Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137362	Calhoun	11 Mar 1986	Lawler, Carol L. 091	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWFP018399	Mobile	20 Mar 2005	James R. Burkhalter 20276	UWFP Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137374	Talladega	11 Apr 1994	Ballard, J. Mark 3551	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWAL0010351	Marengo	09 Mar 2012	England, J. Kevin 3248	UWAL Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWFP018398	Mobile	08 Feb 1994	James R. Burkhalter 14004	UWFP Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137372	Marshall	22 Apr 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 1400	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137373	Morgan	29 Mar 1997	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
TROY000044243	Montgomery	13 Mar 2016	Diamond, Alvin R. 27242	TROY Viola hirsutula Brainerd
TROY000042840	Houston	09 Jul 2015	Diamond, Alvin R. 26563	TROY Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWAL0033211	Montgomery	13 Mar 2016	Diamond, Alvin R. 27242	UWAL Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UNA00053681	Blount	18 Jul 1998	Keener, Brian R. 3	UNA Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWFP018394	Escambia	24 Feb 2002	James R. Burkhalter 18222	UWFP Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137365	Clay	20 Mar 1993	Ballard, J. Mark 1391	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137367	Etowah	19 Mar 1995	Hodge, Lesley M. 4094	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWFP018397	Mobile	08 Mar 2009	James R. Burkhalter 22156	UWFP Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137370	Marshall	26 Feb 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 1087	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UNA00017359	Madison	13 Apr 1980	Meigs, Russell A. 232	UNA Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137363	Clay	02 Apr 1993	Ballard, J. Mark 1312	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
TROY000024500	Lawrence	13 Apr 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11728	TROY Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137369	Marshall	30 Mar 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 1260	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWAL0038795	Clarke	28 Feb 2016	Keener, Brian R. 9333	UWAL Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWFP018395	Escambia	18 Mar 2006	James R. Burkhalter 20751	UWFP Viola hirsutula Brainerd
ALNHS00005724	Jefferson	23 Apr 2018	Spaulding, Daniel D. 14567	ALNHS Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWAL0036269	Mobile	15 Feb 2017	Horne, Howard E. 3679	UWAL Viola hirsutula Brainerd
TROY000044242	Covington	11 Mar 2016	Diamond, Alvin R. 27239	TROY Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWFP018392	Baldwin	03 Feb 2002	James R. Burkhalter 18193	UWFP Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWFP018391	Baldwin	29 Dec 2001	James R. Burkhalter 18173	UWFP Viola hirsutula Brainerd
JSU137371	Marshall	05 Mar 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 1114	JSU Viola hirsutula Brainerd
TROY000035027	Bullock	09 Feb 2012	Dykes, Bailee 293	TROY Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWAL0033213	Covington	11 Mar 2016	Diamond, Alvin R. 27239	UWAL Viola hirsutula Brainerd
ALNHS00003232	Houston	3 Mar 2015	Barger, T. Wayne DTP-56	ALNHS Viola hirsutula Brainerd
UWFP018396	Conecuh	25 Feb 2002	James R. Burkhalter 18226	UWFP Viola hirsutula Brainerd
AUA_ACC_53465	Jackson	10 Apr 1991	Gunn, Scott C. 1924	AUA Viola Hirsutula Brainerd

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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