familyViolaceae
genusViola

Viola flettii

Piper

Erythea 6: 69. 1898.

Common names: Olympic or rock violet
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 131. Mentioned on page 117, 129, 136.

Plants perennial, caulescent, not stoloniferous, 3–15 cm. Stems 1–3, ascending to erect, mostly glabrous, on caudex from fleshy rhizome. Leaves basal and cauline; basal: 1–3; stipules linearlanceolate, margins entire or with glandular processes, apex acuminate; petiole 1.5–9.7 cm, mostly glabrous; blade purple-tinted and –veined, broadly reniform to ovate, 0.9–2.4 × 1.2–4 cm, base cordate, margins finely crenate-serrate, eciliate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent along veins adaxially; cauline similar to basal except: stipules ovate to lanceolate, margins entire or shallowly laciniate; petiole 0.7–5.9 cm, usually glabrous; blade 0.8–2.1 × 1.2–3.1 cm. Peduncles 1.8–7.1 cm, usually glabrous. Flowers: sepals lanceolate, margins eciliate, auricles 0.5–1.5 mm; petals soft reddish violet on both surfaces, all with yellow area basally, lower 3 dark violet-veined, lateral 2 bearded, lowest with white around yellow area, 10–15 mm, spur yellow, gibbous, 0.5–2 mm; style head bearded; cleistogamous flowers axillary. Capsules ± spherical, 5–9 mm, glabrous. Seeds dark-brown to brownish purple, 2.5–3 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Alpine and subalpine rock crevices, vertical faces, talus slopes
Elevation: 1100–2000 m

Distribution

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Wash.

Discussion

Viola flettii is endemic to the Olympic Mountains of northwestern Washington. C. S. McCreary (2005) noted that although morphologically and ecologically distinct, V. cuneata, V. flettii, and V. ocellata are closely related.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Viola flettii"
acute;obtuse +
not +  and prominent +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> - 0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> +
R. John Little +  and Landon E. McKinney† +
cordate +
overlapping +
purple-tinted +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> - 2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br /> +
broadly reniform +  and ovate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> - 3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br /> +
muriculate +
spherical +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> - 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> +
Olympic or rock violet +
ovoid +  and spheroid +
1100–2000 m +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> - 0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> +
2 +  and produced in summer , apetalous or petals +
cleistogamous +
3-valved +  and capsular +
loculicidal +
Alpine and subalpine rock crevices, vertical faces, talus slopes +
stoloniferous +, rhizomatous +, taprooted +  and simple +
scattered +  and concentrated +
variously--shaped +
1 - -3[-5]-flowered +
petiolate +  and simple +
cauline +  and basal +
unlobed +
white +  and dark violet-veined +
lowest +  and lateral +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> +
not narrowed +
crenate-serrate +, with glandular processes +  and entire +
laciniate +  and entire +
syngenesious +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> - 7.1 cm71 mm <br />0.071 m <br /> +
reddish violet +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> - 5.9 cm59 mm <br />0.059 m <br /> +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
[2-]3[-5]-carpellate +
deep-seated +
dark-brown;brownish purple +
ovoid;spherical +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> - 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> +
lanceolate +
subequal +
longitudinal +
acaulescent +  and caulescent +
elongated +
gibbous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> - 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> +
adherent +, not adherent +  and distinct +
leafy +  and simple +
shallow +
deciduous +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
ascending;erect +
subligneous +  and fleshy +
ovate;lanceolate +
hollow +  and solid +
beardless +  and bearded +
enlarged +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Chrysion +, Crocion +  and Lophion +
Viola flettii +
species +
not stoloniferous +  and caulescent +
prostrate +  and erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +