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Viola flettii

Flett's violet, Olympic violet

dog violet, wood violet

Habit Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long.
Leaves

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

stipules lanceolate, 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.

Fruits

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

Viola flettii

Viola riviniana

Flowering time June-August March-September
Habitat Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. Lawns, sidewalks, wastelots, and other disturbed areas at low elevations.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to the Olympic Mountains
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in lowland western Washington; British Columbia to California.
Origin Native Introduced from Eurasia and northwest Africa
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. orbiculata, V. palustris, V. pluviae, V. purpurea, V. renifolia, V. selkirkii, V. sempervirens, V. sheltonii, V. sororia, V. tricolor, V. trinervata, V. ×wittrockiana
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