Viola flettii |
Viola adunca |
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Flett's violet, Olympic violet |
early blue violet, wild dog violet |
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Habit | Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long. | Glabrous to densely puberulent perennial from slender rhizomes, from stemless to 10 cm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaves fleshy, petiolate, purplish-green, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, finely round-toothed; stipules lanceolate, toothed. |
Leaves short- to long-petiolate, the blade cordate-ovate to lance-ovate, with fine, rounded teeth, 1-3 cm. long; stipules liner-lanceolate, 3-10 mm. long, entire to remotely slender-toothed. |
Flowers | Flowers 1.5 cm. long, the spur very short, yellow; petals purplish-violet, yellow at the base, the lower 3 dark-veined, the lateral pair yellow-bearded; style head well bearded. |
Flowers 5-15 mm. long, the spur on the lowest petal slender, over half the length of the petal; petals blue to deep violet, the lower three with a whitish base penciled in violet, the lateral pair white-bearded; style head bearded with thick hairs. Some flowers also cleistogamous (do not open up but do self-pollinate and produce seed). |
Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Viola flettii |
Viola adunca |
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Flowering time | June-August | April-August |
Habitat | Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. | Dry to moist meadows and open woods, from the lowlands to subalpine areas. |
Distribution | Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to the Olympic Mountains
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Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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