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|accepted_name=Viola hirsutula
|accepted_authority=Brainerd
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=9: 98. 1907
|year=1907
}}
|common_names=Southern woodland violet
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola hirsutula
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Violaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Viola]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Viola hirsutula]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 112, 116, 120, 134, 156, 159
|treatment_page=page 133
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, acaulescent, not stoloniferous, 2–15 cm; rhizome thick, fleshy. <b>Leaves</b> basal, 2–4, prostrate or nearly so; stipules linear-lanceolate, margins entire, apex acute; petiole 1–10 cm, usually glabrous; blade unlobed, reniform to ovate, 1–6 × 1–5 cm, base cordate, margins serrate, ciliate or eciliate, apex rounded, adaxial leaf surface with silvery strigose patches. <b>Peduncles</b> 2–12 cm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals lanceolate to ovate, margins ciliate or eciliate, auricles 1–2 mm; petals light to deep reddish violet to blue-violet on both surfaces, 3 lower whitish basally, dark violet-veined, lateral 2 densely bearded, lowest 11–17 mm, spur violet, gibbous, 2–3 mm; style head beardless; cleistogamous flowers on prostrate to ascending peduncles. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid, 8–12 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> beige, mottled to bronze, 1–1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 54.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Dry to mesic deciduous woodlands
|elevation=100–1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Viola hirsutula</i> exhibits little phenotypic plasticity. Although considered by N. L. Gil-Ad (1997) to be a putative hybrid, he did not identify the potential parents and chose not to recognize it. A. Cronquist in H. A. Gleason and Cronquist (1991) considered <i>V. hirsutula</i> a form of <i>V. villosa</i>. <i>Viola hirsutula</i> is considered one of the more distinct species throughout its range by McKinney because of the pattern of silvery strigose patches on adaxial leaf surfaces and a more prostrate growth habit than similar species. He believes <i>V. hirsutula</i> is one of the least variable species in the flora. <i>Viola hirsutula</i> appears to occur much less frequently than herbarium collections suggest. Some herbarium specimens are misidentified and represent depauperate plants, usually of <i>V. sororia</i>. These specimens are often hairy on the adaxial leaf surfaces but lack the silvery patches.</p><!--
--><p><i>Viola hirsutula</i> reportedly hybridizes with <i>V. sororia</i> var. sororia (= V. ×cordifolia [Nuttall] Schweinitz) and <i>V. sagittata </i>var.<i> sagittata</i> (= V. ×redacta House).</p>
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name=Viola hirsutula
|authority=Brainerd
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Dry to mesic deciduous woodlands
|elevation=100–1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=1907
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_225.xml
|genus=Viola
|species=Viola hirsutula
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