Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa
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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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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- ↑ Hitchcock, C. Leo, Cronquist, Arthur, Giblin, David, Legler, Ben, Zika, Peter F., and Olmstead, Richard G. Flora of the Pacific Northwest : An Illustrated Manual. Second ed. Seattle: U of Washington, 2018. Web.
