Viola glabella
Pioneer Violet
Family: Violaceae (Violet family)
Photo taken at Eagle Creek, moist wooded, partially shaded area
© 2000 Thayne Tuason
Flowers:
petals yellow on both surfaces, the lower 3 purple veined within, 8 to 14 mm; peduncles only from the upper axils
Leaves:
aerial stems naked below, leaf and flower bearing only from near tip; leaf blades reniform to ovate-cordate, more or less entire to crenate or serrate, tips generally acute, blade 2 to 13 cm; stipules generally small and not leaflet-like
Plant:
perennial; 3 to 34 cm tall
Habitat:
moist woods or stream edges
Distribution of species:
southern Alaska to Sierran California on both sides of the Cascades, east to Montana, also in northeast Asia
Distribution of genus:
