Viola flettii |
Viola sempervirens |
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Flett's violet, Olympic violet |
evergreen violet, redwood violet |
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Habit | Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long. | Puberulent perennial from scaly rhizomes, with slender, elongate stolons, the aerial stems up two 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 cordate-lanceolate to cordate-ovate, 1-3 cm. broad, thick and leathery, persisting through the winter; petioles 2-10 cm. long; herbage spotted with tiny purplish blotches; 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 short-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 sempervirens |
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Flowering time | June-August | March-June |
Habitat | Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. | Moist woods from low to middle elevations in the mountains. |
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 and east in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; British Columbia to California.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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