Viola purpurea |
Viola sheltonii |
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fan violet, Shelton's violet |
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Habit | Puberulent perennial from a slender, scaly rhizome, the aerial stems 5-15 mm. long; herbage usually glaucous-green, purplish-veined, often purplish throughout. | Glabrous perennial from deep-seated rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-15 cm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaf blades rather thick and fleshy, orbicular to lanceolate, cordate to wedge-shaped at the base, sub-entire to wavy-margined or toothed; petioles 2-6 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, entire to few-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 | Peduncles shorter than the leaves; flowers 5-12 mm. long, spur very short; petals yellow, brownish-penciled, the lateral pair 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, puberulent capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Fruit a 3-valved, puberulent capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
Viola purpurea |
Viola sheltonii |
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Flowering time | May-August | April-June |
Habitat | Open, rocky, fairly dry slopes, moderate to high elevations in the mountains | Coniferous forest understory, often associated with moss-covered boulder fields with well-developed organic layer. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Rocky 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 | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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