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Viola flettii

Viola orbiculata
Viola flettii

Flett's violet, Olympic violet

darkwoods violet, evergreen yellow violet, round-leaved violet
Habit Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long. Glabrous perennial from scaly rhizomes, the aerial stems up to 5 cm. long.
Leaves

Leaves fleshy, petiolate, purplish-green, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, finely round-toothed;

stipules lanceolate, toothed.

Leaves blades nearly orbicular to cordate-ovate, 2-4 cm. broad, thin, often persisting through the winter;

petioles 2-10 cm. long;

stipules brownish, lanceolate, membranous, mostly 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 5-15 mm. long, the spur short, saccate;

peduncles exceeding the leaves;

petals lemon-yellow to gold, the lower 3 purplish-penciled, the lateral pair yellow-bearded;

style head bearded.
Fruits

Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal.

Fruit a purplish-mottled, 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal, seeds brown.

Viola flettii

Viola orbiculata
Flowering time June-August May-August
Habitat Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. Open woods, middle to high 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; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Alberta, Montana and Wyoming.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) Not of concern
Sibling taxa
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. nuttallii, V. odorata, 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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