- Scientific Name: Viola nuttallii var. praemosa
- Family: Violaceae
- Common Names: canary violet, upland yellow violet, yellow montane violet
- Synonyms/Misapplications: V. praemorsa, V, praemosa vars. flavovirens, linguifolia
- Codon: VIONUT
Contents
Taxonomy
| Scientific classification | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Tracheophyta |
| Subphylum: | Spermatophytina |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Rosanae |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Violaceae |
| Genus: | Viola L. |
| Species: | Viola nuttallii Pursh |
| Subspecies: | Viola nuttalli var. praemorsa (Douglas ex Lindl.) S. Watson (not accepted) |
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Description
Perennial, rhizomatous herb with axillary yellow flowers, to 30 cm tall.[2] Stems several, erect, borne from underground caudices,[2] hairy.[3] Leaves mostly basal,[3] not coarsely veined, crenate to serrate,[4] hairy, fleshy, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, to 10 cm, petioles to 15 cm long.[5] Flowers 5-merous, solitary, axillary, zygomorphic; sepals 5, lanceolate;[2] petals 5, lowermost larger and spurred, upper 4 in 2 pairs;[4] lower 3 petals with brown-purple veins, lateral 2 bearded;[2] stamens 5, connivent around pistil;[4] pistil 3-carpellate with 1 style,[4] bearded stigma[5] and superior ovary with parietal placentation becoming a ellipsoid to oblong[4] 3-valved capsule.[5]
Bloom Period
April-July[5]
Distribution
Both sides of the Cascades, into Northern California, east to Montana, Wyoming and Northern Utah.[4]
Habitat
Grasslands, shrub-steppe, open forest.[5]
Propagation
Native Plant Network Propagation Protocol
Photo Gallery
G.D. Carr 2008
G.D. Carr 2011
Rod Gilbert 2004
Rod Gilbert 2003
References
- ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=847695#null
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Jepson Herbarium Online Flora. Retrieved from https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=53398
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia. Retrieved from https://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Viola%20praemorsa&redblue=Both&lifeform=7
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Viola%20nuttallii%20var.%20praemorsa
