Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa

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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

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

[File:Viola nuttallii facing 1.jpg]

References

  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. 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.