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Flett's violet, Olympic violet
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Nuttall's violet
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| Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long. |
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Leaves fleshy, petiolate, purplish-green, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, finely round-toothed; stipules lanceolate, toothed. |
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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. |
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Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
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| June-August |
April-July |
| Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. |
Grassland, sagebrush and juniper flats, and moist to dry openings in coniferous forests. |
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to the Olympic Mountains
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Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Britsh Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Native |
| Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) |
Not of concern |
V. adunca, V. arvensis, V. canadensis, V. glabella, V. howellii, V. lanceolata, V. langsdorffii, V. macloskeyi, V. nephrophylla, V. nuttallii, V. odorata, V. orbiculata, V. palustris, V. pluviae, V. purpurea, V. renifolia, V. riviniana, V. selkirkii, V. sempervirens, V. sheltonii, V. sororia, V. tricolor, V. trinervata, V. ×wittrockiana |
V. adunca, V. arvensis, V. canadensis, V. flettii, V. glabella, V. howellii, V. lanceolata, V. langsdorffii, V. macloskeyi, V. nephrophylla, V. odorata, V. orbiculata, V. palustris, V. pluviae, V. purpurea, V. renifolia, V. riviniana, V. selkirkii, V. sempervirens, V. sheltonii, V. sororia, V. tricolor, V. trinervata, V. ×wittrockiana |
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