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 Flower Grapevine CanyonSue Smith |  Leaves Grapevine CanyonSue Smith |  Young plant - spring Grapevine CanyonSue Smith |  Plant - spring Grapevine CanyonSue Smith | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
One of the few "stalked" violets; flowers rise from a stalk that originates from a leaf attachment, rather than the more typical basal flower stalk arrangement of most violets. One of the few violets that has fragrance.
Identification notes: Plants with stems arising in clusters from vertical rootstocks or creeping rhizomes; herbage hairy to very hairy; basal leaves ovate to somewhat heart-shaped; petals white, lower 3 with a yellow throat, lateral petals have a tuft of hairs at their base.
Height:
3 to 14 inches
Habitat Description: Wet areas of sandy, rich, or rocky soils, along streams or creeks and shaded slopes in coniferous or aspen forests,
Plant Communities:
Riparian
Elevation: 5400 - 11500 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Irregular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - Sep
Description:
Flowers bilaterally symmetric with 2 upper petals, 2 lateral petals, and a broader lower petal, 3/4 to 1 inch wide, often tinged pink with age, sit on a slender purplish flower stalk above the leaves.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are heart-shaped, 1 to 3 inches wide, with pointed tips and bluntly toothed margins, on long purplish stalks.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Many-seeded, ellipsoid to globular capsule that opens lengthwise from top.
Seed Notes: Ovoid, large amounts of oily endosperm, and often an appendage.
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