Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa
- 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
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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
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.[2]
Bloom Period
April-July
Distribution
Both sides of the Cascades, into Northern California, east to Montana, Wyoming and Northern Utah.[3]
Habitat
Grasslands, shrub-steppe, open forest. Moisture Regime-Moist Shade Tolerance-Intolerant
Photo Gallery[2]
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 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. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
