Viola purpurea |
Viola sororia |
|
---|---|---|
northern blue violet, northern woodland violet |
||
Habit | Puberulent perennial from a slender, scaly rhizome, the aerial stems 5-15 mm. long; herbage usually glaucous-green, purplish-veined, often purplish throughout. | |
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. |
|
Flowers | Peduncles shorter than the leaves; flowers 5-12 mm. long, spur very short; petals yellow, brownish-penciled, the lateral pair bearded. |
|
Fruits | Fruit a 3-valved, puberulent capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal. |
|
Viola purpurea |
Viola sororia |
|
Flowering time | May-August | May-July |
Habitat | Open, rocky, fairly dry slopes, moderate to high elevations in the mountains | Dry to moist forest openings, thickets, meadows, and stream banks at middle elevations. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Rocky Mountains.
|
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; Yukon Territory to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
|
Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) |
Sibling taxa | ||
Subordinate taxa | ||
Web links |
|
|