Viola lobata subsp. integrifolia

Family: Violaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Sierra violet is a California native perennial found in the northwestern California, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, and Peninsular Ranges in dry shaded and open forest, often on serpentine soils at elevations of 450 to 2,070 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces delicate white to pale lavender flowers. Growing with stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall, it forms low clumps in forest understories. Its distinctive leaves are diamond-shaped to heart-shaped, with edges that are serrated near the base and often smooth toward the tip, typically longer than wide with an acute point. The leaves have a particularly elegant shape that helps distinguish this subspecies in shaded woodland environments.

Habitat: Uncommon. Dry shaded or open forest, chaparral, often on serpentine

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: 450-2070 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, PR

California counties: Shasta, Trinity, San Diego, Del Norte, Lake, Plumas, Santa Clara, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tehama, Butte, Humboldt, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne, Yuba, Mariposa, Lassen, Madera, Calaveras, Modoc

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.