Viola flettii |
Viola arvensis |
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Flett's violet, Olympic violet |
European field pansy |
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Habit | Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long. | Puberulent, freely-branched annual, 1-3 dm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaves fleshy, petiolate, purplish-green, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, finely round-toothed; stipules lanceolate, toothed. |
Leaf blades ovate to lanceolate, coarsely round-toothed, 1-3 cm. long, about equaling the petioles; stipules very large, laciniate into 5-9 segments, usually with one leaf-like segment nearly as large as the main blade. |
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 long-pedunculate, solitary in the leaf axils, whitish or light yellow with a tinge of blue, the spur short; sepals lanceolate, about as long as the petals; style head copiously short-hairy. |
Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parieta |
Viola flettii |
Viola arvensis |
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Flowering time | June-August | March-June |
Habitat | Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. | Fields, roadsides, wastelots, and other disturbed areas where escaping from cultivation. |
Distribution | Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to the Olympic Mountains
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Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Native | Introduced from Europe |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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