Viola flettii |
Viola sheltonii |
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Flett's violet, Olympic violet |
fan violet, Shelton's violet |
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Habit | Glabrous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long. | Glabrous perennial from deep-seated rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-15 cm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaves fleshy, petiolate, purplish-green, the blades reniform, 1.5-4 cm. broad, finely round-toothed; stipules lanceolate, toothed. |
Leaf blades glaucous and somewhat purplish on the lower surface, 2-5 cm. long and broad, deeply cleft into 3 main lobes and dissected into ultimate linear segments; stipules small, membranous, comb-like. |
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 about 12 mm. long, yellow, the upper pair of petals brownish-backed, the lower three purplish-penciled, the lateral pair sparsely bearded; style head sparsely bearded. |
Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a 3-valved, puberulent capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Viola flettii |
Viola sheltonii |
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Flowering time | June-August | April-June |
Habitat | Alpine rock crevices and talus slopes at high elevations. | Coniferous forest understory, often associated with moss-covered boulder fields with well-developed organic layer. |
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; Washington to California, east to Idaho; also in Colorado.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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