UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Viola langsdorffii

Viola orbiculata

Alaska violet, Aleutian violet

darkwoods violet, evergreen yellow violet, round-leaved violet
Habit Glabrous perennial from scaly rhizomes, the aerial stems up to 5 cm. long.
Leaves

Leaves blades nearly orbicular to cordate-ovate, 2-4 cm. broad, thin, often persisting through the winter;

petioles 2-10 cm. long;

stipules brownish, lanceolate, membranous, mostly entire.
Flowers

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 bearded.
Fruits

Fruit a purplish-mottled, 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal, seeds brown.

Viola langsdorffii

Viola orbiculata
Flowering time April-July May-August
Habitat Peatlands, shores, snowmelt communities, and wet meadows, from lowlands to middle elevations. Open woods, middle to high elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Alberta, Montana and Wyoming.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
V. adunca, V. arvensis, V. canadensis, V. flettii, V. glabella, V. howellii, V. lanceolata, 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. palustris, V. pluviae, V. purpurea, V. renifolia, V. riviniana, V. selkirkii, V. sempervirens, V. sheltonii, V. sororia, V. tricolor, V. trinervata, V. ×wittrockiana
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