Viola purpurea ssp. venosa
Goosefoot Violet

Family: Violaceae (Violet family)

Photo taken in Icicle River Canyon, shaded wooded area at the base of a large boulder

Flowers:

petals deep lemon yellow, lower 3 veined purple-brown on the inside, upper petals purplish on the back; peduncle less than 70 mm

Leaves:

leaf blade often fleshy, 1 to 5 cm, basal blade generally 1 to 1.5 times longer than wide; coarsely veined and few toothed or lobed, purplish at least along veins especially on the underside of leaves, more or less hairy; cauline leaves crenate to deeply toothed

Plant:

perennial; 4 to 11 cm tall

Habitat:

lowland dry areas to high montane

Distribution of species:

Chelan County to the eastern Sierra Nevada, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado

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