Viola flettii |
Viola praemorsa |
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Flett's violet, Olympic violet |
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Habit | Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long. | Perennial from short, erect rhizomes, the stems up to 15 cm. long. |
Leaves | Leaves fleshy, petiolate, purplish-green, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, finely round-toothed; stipules lanceolate, toothed. |
Leaf blades conspicuously hairy, thick and fleshy, entire, ovate-lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long; petiole 5-15 cm. long; stipules attached to the petiole, the free portion few-toothed. |
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 with peduncles shorter than the leaves; flowers 8-15 mm. long, yellow, the upper petals brownish-backed, the lower 3 penciled with brownish-purple, the lateral pair bearded; style head bearded, rounded. |
Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a hairy, 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Viola flettii |
Viola praemorsa |
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Flowering time | June-August | April-July |
Habitat | Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. | Grassland, shrub-steppe, open slopes and ridges, and coniferous forest openings. |
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 California, east to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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