Viola flettii |
Viola macloskeyi |
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Flett's violet, Olympic violet |
small white violet |
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Habit | Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long. | Perennial from slender rhizomes, with filiform stolons, the leaves and peduncles rising from the rhizomes, the latter 3-6 cm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaves fleshy, petiolate, purplish-green, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, finely round-toothed; stipules lanceolate, toothed. |
Leaf blades ovate-cordate, 1-3 cm. long, with petioles 2-4 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, membranous, with fine, gland-tipped teeth. |
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 5-10 mm. long, the spur fairly prominent; petals white, the lower 3 with purple penciling, the lateral pair bearded; style head glabrous. |
Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Viola flettii |
Viola macloskeyi |
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Flowering time | June-August | May-August |
Habitat | Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. | Boggy and wet ground from low to mid-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;d British Columbia to California, east 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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