Viola inconspicua Blume

Violaceae
PLANTS OF FLORIDA, USA
Viola inconspicua Blume
BAY CO.: Locally common in drying loamy sand in "sparse lawn" (mostly
Medicagalupulind) between parking area and restroom at Pitt Springs
Recreation Site on Econfina Creek, just N t>f Rte 20, ca. 7 mi W of Hwy 231.
Lat. 30.43256 N, Long. 85. 54667 W. Firstcounty report for the Atlas.
NEW TO FLORIDA — and possibly all of North America!
6 March 2020
Loran C. Anderson no. 32,852
R. K. Godfrey Herbarium (FSU)
often narrowly deltoid, (18) Z5-43 mm long, blades (13yi8-26 x V-T6
most are positioned horizontally. Flowers 11-13 mm wide; sepals narrowly
lanceolate, mottled green with narrow hyaline margins, (5.5) 6-7 mm long,
with large (rearward) appendage over 2 mm long; corollas white-centered
with purple veins, pale spurs prominent (4-4.5 mm), petals (7) 9-9.5 mm
long, violet-blue, but in many the distal margins are nearly white giving
the fresh flowers a two-tone appearance (but drying darker in color).
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