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Viola ''nuttallii'' (Pursh) var. ''praemosa'' (Douglas ex. Linl.), Family: Violaceae. Canary violet, Upland Yellow Violet, Yellow Montane Violet, formerly V. ''praemorsa'', V, ''praemosa'' vars. ''flavovirens, linguifolia.'' Codon: VIONUT
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* Latin Name: Viola ''nuttallii'' (Pursh) var. ''praemosa'' (Douglas ex. Linl.)
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* Family: Violaceae
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* Common Names: canary violet, upland yellow violet, yellow montane violet
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* Synonyms/Misapplications: V. ''praemorsa'', V, ''praemosa'' vars. ''flavovirens, linguifolia''  
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* Codon: VIONUT
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==

Revision as of 12:59, 2 June 2020

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  • Latin Name: Viola nuttallii (Pursh) var. praemosa (Douglas ex. Linl.)
  • Family: Violaceae
  • Common Names: canary violet, upland yellow violet, yellow montane violet
  • Synonyms/Misapplications: V. praemorsa, V, praemosa vars. flavovirens, linguifolia
  • Codon: VIONUT

Taxonomy

Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Violales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species: V. nuttallii
Subspecies: var praemorsa

Description[1]

General: Perennial from short, erect rhizomes, the stems up to 15 cm. long. Leaves: Leaf blades conspicuously hairy, thick and fleshy, entire, ovate-lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long; petiole 5-15 cm. long; stipules attached to the petiole, the free portion few-toothed.

Flowers: Flowers with peduncles shorter than the leaves; flowers 8-15 mm. long, yellow, the upper petals brownish-backed, the lower 3 penciled with brownish-purple, the lateral pair bearded; style head bearded, rounded.

Fruit: Fruit a hairy, 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal.

Bloom Period

April-July

Distribution

Both sides of the Cascades, into Northern California, east to Montana, Wyoming and Northern Utah.[2]

Habitat

Grasslands, shrub-steppe, open forest. Moisture Regime-Moist Shade Tolerance-Intolerant

Photo Gallery[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Viola%20nuttallii%20var.%20praemorsa
  2. 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.