Viola praemorsa |
Viola frank-smithii |
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Astoria violet, Canary violet, marsh violet, upland yellow violet, yellow montane violet |
Frank Smith violet, Frank-Smith's violet |
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Habit | Plants perennial, caulescent, not stoloniferous, 5.5–36.5 cm. | Plants perennial, caulescent, not stoloniferous, 1.5–12.5 cm. | ||||||||
Stems | 1–3(–5), prostrate, decumbent, or erect, leafy proximally and distally, glabrous or puberulent, on caudex from usually vertical, subligneous rhizome. |
1–4, decumbent or ascending to erect, glabrous, on caudex from fleshy rhizome. |
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Leaves | basal and cauline; basal: 1–5; stipules adnate to proximal 1/3 of petiole, forming 2 narrow, linear-lanceolate wings, margins entire, apex of each wing free, acute; petiole 2.6–19.2 cm, glabrous or densely puberulent; blade usually elliptic to ovate, sometimes oblong-lanceolate to ± orbiculate, 1.7–14(–17) × 0.8–5.3(–6.7) cm, base attenuate to ± truncate or subcordate, often oblique, margins usually crenate, serrulate, or serrate, sometimes entire, ciliate or eciliate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous or densely puberulent; cauline similar to basal except: stipules lanceolate to ovate, margins entire or toothed, with or without gland-tipped projections, apex acute to acuminate; petiole 1.3–16.2 cm, glabrous or puberulent; blade 2.3–11(–14.8) × 1.1–3.6(–5.5) cm, length 1.1–6.5 times width. |
basal and cauline; basal: 2–3; stipules lanceolate, margins fimbriate, apex acute; petiole 1.5–6(–14) cm, glabrous; blade broadly ovate to deltate, 1.3–2.9(–4.1) × 1.3–2.9 cm, base cordate to truncate, margins crenate, eciliate, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous; cauline similar to basal except: petiole 1.3–6.5 cm; blade 1.1–2.2 × 0.7–1.6 cm. |
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Peduncles | 4.4–27 cm, glabrous or puberulent. |
2.5–7(–11.2) cm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals lanceolate, margins eciliate, auricles 1–2 mm; petals deep lemon-yellow adaxially, upper 2, and sometimes lateral 2, brownish purple abaxially, lower 3 brownish purple-veined, lateral 2 sparsely bearded, lowest 11–19 mm, spur yellow or pale green, gibbous, 0.5–3 mm; style head bearded; cleistogamous flowers axillary. |
sepals lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, margins eciliate, auricles 0.5–1.5 mm; all petals usually pale purple, sometimes almost white adaxially, lateral 2 and lowest purple-veined, lateral and upper 2 violet abaxially, white basally, lateral 2 bearded, lowest 10–16(–18) mm, spur greenish to pale lime green, gibbous, 1.6–3 mm; style head bearded; cleistogamous flowers unknown. |
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Capsules | ellipsoid to oblong, 6–14 mm, glabrous or finely puberulent. |
ovoid, 3–7 mm, glabrous. |
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Seeds | medium to dark brown or red-brown, 2–3 mm, elaiosome completely covering funiculus. |
pale yellow, 2.4–2.8 mm. |
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2n | = 36, 48. |
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Viola praemorsa |
Viola frank-smithii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | |||||||||
Habitat | Cracks, crevices, and narrow ledges of vertical limestone and dolomite rock faces, humid, shady places | |||||||||
Elevation | 1600–2100 m (5200–6900 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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UT |
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Viola praemorsa is a complex group that appears to be evolving. Sympatric populations and the similarity of their flowers provide opportunities for hybridization and introgression (D. M. Fabijan et al. 1987). Some botanists have suggested that all taxa in the V. nuttallii complex, which includes V. bakeri, V. nuttallii, V. praemorsa, V. tomentosa, and V. vallicola, should be treated as varieties of V. nuttallii, as C. L. Hitchcock et al. (1955–1969, vol. 3) did, on the basis that these taxa are more or less sympatric in range, intergrade with one another, and possess no distinctive gross morphological features by which they can be consistently recognized. S. L. Welsh et al. (1987) treated V. praemorsa and V. linguaefolia Nuttall as synonymous with V. nuttallii, stating that V. nuttallii (and related taxa) are acaulescent to short-caulescent. Although some plants have short internodes, all plants in the V. nuttallii complex are caulescent. We acknowledge the complexity and taxonomic difficulties inherent in the V. nuttallii complex; patterns of morphology, cytology, and leaf flavonoid chemistry provide a basis for recognizing infrataxa. Fabijan et al. conducted the most extensive study of the complex to date; their treatment of V. praemorsa is followed here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Viola frank-smithii is endemic to Logan Canyon, Cache County, Utah. N. H. Holmgren (2005d) wrote that it likely has its ancestral ties with V. adunca. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 145. | FNA vol. 6, p. 131. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Violaceae > Viola | Violaceae > Viola | ||||||||
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Synonyms | V. nuttallii subsp. praemorsa, V. nuttallii var. praemorsa | |||||||||
Name authority | Douglas ex Lindley: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 15: plate 1254. (1829) | N. H. Holmgren: Brittonia 44: 303, fig. 1E – H. (1992) | ||||||||
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