Viola nephrophylla |
Viola howellii |
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LeConte violet, northern bog violet |
Howell's violet |
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Habit | Glabrous, acaulescent perennial with shallow, fleshy, spreading rhizomes. | Sparsely pubescent perennial from scaly rhizomes, 2-10 cm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaf blades deeply ovate-cordate to cordate-triangular, up to 7 cm. in width, with rounded teeth; petioles 5-25 cm. long; stipules linear-lanceolate, entire. |
Leaf blades cordate to reniform-cordate, with coarse, rounded teeth, the petioles of the many basal leaves 10-15 cm. long; stipules 3-10 mm. long, prominently toothed. |
Flowers | Flowers solitary, 10-20 mm. long, on peduncles usually exceeding the leaves; spur short, saccate; petals 5, bluish-violet, the lower 3 whitish at the base, prominently bearded, the upper pair sometimes not bearded; style glabrous. |
Flowers 1.5-2 cm. long, the spur very prominent, saccate; sepals obtuse, auriculate at the base; petals bluish-violet to nearly white, strongly veined with purple, the lateral pair long-bearded; style sparsely bearded. |
Fruits | Capsule, 3-valved. |
Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal, seeds light brown. |
Viola nephrophylla |
Viola howellii |
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Flowering time | May-July | April-May |
Habitat | Moist places, especially in meadows and along streams. | Moist woods and prairies at low to moderate elevations. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Yukon Territory to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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