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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nances, Willows, and Allies
  6. Violets and Allies
  7. Violets
  8. Nudicaules
  9. Southern Wedge-leaf Violet

species 16 observations

Southern Wedge-leaf Violet

Viola tenuipes

Status
presumed native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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40 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Beggar Moth, Waterlily Leafcutter Moth 2
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Violet Miner 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Liriomyza violivora, Violet Leafmining Sawfly 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey, Vesper Sparrow 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Two-spotted Bumble Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Greater Bee Fly 33

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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