Viola primulifolia var. occidentalis
Bot. Gaz. 11: 255. 1886.
Common names: Western bog or western white bog violet
Endemic
Synonyms: Viola lanceolata subsp. occidentalis (A. Gray) N. Russell V. occidentalis (A. Gray) Howell V. primulifolia subsp. occidentalis (A. Gray) L. E. McKinney & R. J. Little
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 148.
Leaf-blades elliptic to narrowly ovate, base usually attenuate, rarely ± truncate, surfaces glabrous, rarely pubescent. Cleistogamous flowers absent.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Perennially wet places, marshes, bogs
Elevation: 100–500 m
Discussion
Variety occidentalis is found in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, often with Darlingtonia californica (V. B. Baird 1942; R. J. Little 1993, 2012).
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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not mottled +
mucronulate;acute;rounded +
0;11 +
truncate +
attenuate +
overlapping +
longer than wide +
alternate +
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ellipsoid +
Western bog or western white bog violet +
arillate +
glabrous +
0;5 +
spurred +
developed +
absent +
cleistogamous +
loculicidal +
variously--shaped +
1(-3)[-5]-flowered +
axillary +
bearded +
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elliptic;narrowly ovate +
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larger +
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crenate-serrate +
eciliate +
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glabrous +
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white +
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Endemic +
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withering +
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Viola primulifolia var. occidentalis +
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