Viola flettii |
Viola glabella |
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Flett's violet, Olympic violet |
pioneer violet, stream violet |
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Habit | Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long. | Puberulent perennial from widely spreading, scaly, fleshy rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-30 cm. tall, leafless the lower two-thirds. |
Leaves | Leaves fleshy, petiolate, purplish-green, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, finely round-toothed; stipules lanceolate, toothed. |
Leaf blades ovate-cordate to reniform, abruptly pointed, the basal leaves with petioles 10-20 cm. long; stipules membranous, ovate to obovate, 5-10 mm. long, entire. |
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 8-14 mm. long, borne chiefly on the upper part of the stem, on peduncles about as long as the leaves; spur very short; petals clear yellow, the lower 3 with purple penciling, the lateral pair well bearded; style head copiously bearded. |
Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal, seeds brown. |
Viola flettii |
Viola glabella |
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Flowering time | June-August | March-July |
Habitat | Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. | Moist woods and stream banks, low to middle elevations in the mountains. |
Distribution | Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to the Olympic Mountains
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Alberta and Montana.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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