Viola flettii |
Viola purpurea |
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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. | Puberulent perennial from a slender, scaly rhizome, the aerial stems 5-15 mm. long; herbage usually glaucous-green, purplish-veined, often purplish throughout. |
Leaves | Leaves fleshy, petiolate, purplish-green, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, finely round-toothed; stipules lanceolate, toothed. |
Leaf blades rather thick and fleshy, orbicular to lanceolate, cordate to wedge-shaped at the base, sub-entire to wavy-margined or toothed; petioles 2-6 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, entire to 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. |
Peduncles shorter than the leaves; flowers 5-12 mm. long, spur very short; petals yellow, brownish-penciled, the lateral pair bearded. |
Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a 3-valved, puberulent capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Viola flettii |
Viola purpurea |
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Flowering time | June-August | May-August |
Habitat | Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. | Open, rocky, fairly dry slopes, moderate 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 chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Rocky Mountains.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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