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[[File:VIGL BenLegler veg good.jpg|thumb|300px|''Viola Glabella''   Photo Credit Ben Legler]]
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* Latin Name: ''Viola'' ''glabella''
  ''Viola Glabella'', Violaceae, Stream violet, Yellow Wood Violet, Pioneer Violet
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* Family: Violaceae
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* Common Names: stream violet, yellow wood violet, pioneer violet
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* Codon: VIOGLA
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[[File:VIGL BenLegler veg good.jpg|thumb|300px|''Viola glabella.'' Photo by Ben Legler 2004.]]   
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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{{Taxobox
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| name = Viola Glabella
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| subregnum = Tracheobionta
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| phylum = Spermatophyta
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| subphylum= Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| subclassis = Rosanae
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| ordo = Malphigiales
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| familia = Violaceae
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| genus = '''''Viola '''''L.
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| species = '''''Viola Glabella ''''' L.
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| binomial_authority = Linnaeus
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}}
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==Description==
 
==Description==
 
General: Puberulent perennial from widely spreading, scaly, fleshy rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-30 cm. tall, leafless the lower two-thirds. <br />
 
General: Puberulent perennial from widely spreading, scaly, fleshy rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-30 cm. tall, leafless the lower two-thirds. <br />
 
Leaves: Leaf blades ovate-cordate to reniform, abruptly pointed, the basal leaves with petioles 10-20 cm. long; stipules membranous, ovate to obovate, 5-10 mm. long, entire.<br />
 
Leaves: Leaf blades ovate-cordate to reniform, abruptly pointed, the basal leaves with petioles 10-20 cm. long; stipules membranous, ovate to obovate, 5-10 mm. long, entire.<br />
 
Flowers: Flowers 8-14 mm. long, borne chiefly on the upper part of the stem, on peduncles about as long as the leaves; spur very short; petals clear yellow, the lower 3 with purple penciling, the lateral pair well bearded; style head copiously bearded.<br />
 
Flowers: Flowers 8-14 mm. long, borne chiefly on the upper part of the stem, on peduncles about as long as the leaves; spur very short; petals clear yellow, the lower 3 with purple penciling, the lateral pair well bearded; style head copiously bearded.<br />
Fruit: Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal, seeds brown.
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Fruit: Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal, seeds brown.<ref name=":0">WTU
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Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. (n.d.).
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Retrieved from
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https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Viola glabella </ref>
  
  
 
==Bloom Period==
 
==Bloom Period==
 
Flowering
 
Flowering
Time: March-July <br />
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Time: March-July <ref name=":0" /><br />
 
Crop Intervals: Perennial <br />
 
Crop Intervals: Perennial <br />
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Both sides of the Cascades in Washington, Alaska to California, east to Montana
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Both sides of the Cascades in Washington, Alaska to California, east to Montana<ref>Hitchcock, C., Cronquist, Arthur, Giblin, David, Legler, Ben, Zika,
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Peter F., Olmstead, Richard G., . . . Porcino, Natsuko. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest : An illustrated manual'' (Second ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press ; Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.</ref>
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist woods and stream banks, low to mid-elevations in the mountains
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Moist woods and stream banks, low to mid-elevations in the mountains.
 
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==Uses==
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Landscaping: Smooth yellow violet is easy to establish in woodland gardens. It may reseed and can become a bit invasive <br />
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Young leaves and flower buds - raw or cooked. When added to soup they thicken it in much the same way as okra. Some caution is advised, the yellow flowers of this species can cause diarrhea if eaten in large quantities. A tea can be made from the leaves.
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==Propagation==
 
==Propagation==
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Stream violet is easy to establish in woodland gardens. It may reseed and can become somewhat weedy.
  
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
*http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php
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*http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VIGL
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==Image Gallery==
*http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
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*http://wnps.org/landscaping/herbarium/pages/viola-glabella.html
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File:VIOGLA2.jpg|Photo by Susan Macdougall, 2014. Photographers website www.treeslivehere.com
*http://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Viola+glabella
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</gallery>
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<references />

Revision as of 17:11, 2 June 2020

  • Latin Name: Viola glabella
  • Family: Violaceae
  • Common Names: stream violet, yellow wood violet, pioneer violet
  • Codon: VIOGLA
Viola glabella. Photo by Ben Legler 2004.

Taxonomy

Viola Glabella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosanae
Order: Malphigiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola L.
Species: Viola Glabella L.

Description

General: Puberulent perennial from widely spreading, scaly, fleshy rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-30 cm. tall, leafless the lower two-thirds.
Leaves: Leaf blades ovate-cordate to reniform, abruptly pointed, the basal leaves with petioles 10-20 cm. long; stipules membranous, ovate to obovate, 5-10 mm. long, entire.
Flowers: Flowers 8-14 mm. long, borne chiefly on the upper part of the stem, on peduncles about as long as the leaves; spur very short; petals clear yellow, the lower 3 with purple penciling, the lateral pair well bearded; style head copiously bearded.
Fruit: Fruit a 3-valved capsule, ovary superior, placentation parietal, seeds brown.[1]


Bloom Period

Flowering Time: March-July [1]
Crop Intervals: Perennial

Distribution

Both sides of the Cascades in Washington, Alaska to California, east to Montana[2]

Habitat

Moist woods and stream banks, low to mid-elevations in the mountains.

Propagation

Stream violet is easy to establish in woodland gardens. It may reseed and can become somewhat weedy.

References

Image Gallery

  1. 1.0 1.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Viola glabella
  2. Hitchcock, C., Cronquist, Arthur, Giblin, David, Legler, Ben, Zika, Peter F., Olmstead, Richard G., . . . Porcino, Natsuko. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest : An illustrated manual (Second ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press ; Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.