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Southern coastal violet

Viola septemloba

Also called Southern Coast Violet

Southern coastal violet
Photo: Mary Vaux Walcott, Public domain

A small native perennial violet of the southeastern US Atlantic Plain, reaching about 30 cm, with violet, blue or white flowers. It grows best in the dappled light and well-drained, slightly moist soils of pine woods and oak woodlands.

Family
Violaceae (Violet family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic sandy or loamy soil with leaf litter.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters typical of the southeastern US; protect from hard freezes in containers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Viola septemloba, the southern coastal violet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae, native to the Atlantic Plain of the southeastern United States. A perennial reaching 30 cm (12 in), it can have violet, blue, or white flowers.

V. septemloba is most commonly found in habitat types such as pine woods, oak woodlands, and savannahs. It acts as an indicator species for silty longleaf woodlands in the Florida Panhandle.

Other Viola plants

Viola abbreviata · Viola abyssinica · Hookedspur violet · White Violet · Viola angustifolia · Field Pansy · Australian Native Violet · Viola betonicifolia · Viola lutea subsp. calaminaria · Canadian white violet · Horned Pansy · Viola cotyledon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viola septemloba by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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