Viola bakeri |
Viola sheltonii |
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fan violet, Shelton's violet |
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Habit | Perennial from short, erect rhizomes, the stems up to 15 cm. long. | Glabrous perennial from deep-seated rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-15 cm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaf blades entire, elliptic-lanceolate, tapering to the petiole, 2-5 cm. long; petiole 3-12 cm. long; stipules attached to the petiole, the free portion few-toothed. |
Leaf blades glaucous and somewhat purplish on the lower surface, 2-5 cm. long and broad, deeply cleft into 3 main lobes and dissected into ultimate linear segments; stipules small, membranous, comb-like. |
Flowers | Flowers with peduncles shorter than the leaves; flowers 5-12 mm. long, yellow, the lower 3 penciled with brownish-purple, the lateral pair bearded; style head bearded, rounded. |
Flowers about 12 mm. long, yellow, the upper pair of petals brownish-backed, the lower three purplish-penciled, the lateral pair sparsely bearded; style head sparsely bearded. |
Fruits | a glabrous, 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a 3-valved, puberulent capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Viola bakeri |
Viola sheltonii |
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Flowering time | May-July | April-June |
Habitat | Moist to dry openings in coniferous forests. | Coniferous forest understory, often associated with moss-covered boulder fields with well-developed organic layer. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington from Mt. Adams south; south-central Washington to California and Nevada.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Idaho; also in Colorado.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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