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Viola langsdorffii

Viola vallicola

Alaska violet, Aleutian violet
Habit Perennial from short, erect rhizomes, the stems up to 15 cm. long.
Leaves

Leaf blades glabrous to sparsely hairy, entire, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, truncate or sub-cordate at the base, up to 5 cm. long;

petiole 3-10 cm. long;

stipules attached to the petiole, the free portion few-toothed.
Flowers

Flowers with peduncles shorter than the leaves;

flowers 8-15 mm. long, yellow, the upper petals brownish-backed, the lower 3 penciled with brownish-purple, the lateral pair bearded;

style head bearded, rounded.
Fruits

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

Viola langsdorffii

Viola vallicola
Flowering time April-July April-July
Habitat Peatlands, shores, snowmelt communities, and wet meadows, from lowlands to middle elevations. Sagebrush and juniper flats, grasslands, and open coniferous forest.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California.
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Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains.
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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. 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
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