Viola praemorsa subsp. praemorsa

Astoria violet, yellow montane violet, Yellow Montane Violet

Family: Violaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Astoria violet is a California native perennial found in northwestern California, the Cascade Range, northern and central Sierra Nevada, and Warner Mountains in vernally moist soils, meadows, conifer forests, and sagebrush habitats at elevations of 122 to 2,440 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces yellow and white flowers with distinctive ovate shapes and wavy edges. Growing to 7.5 to 21 centimeters tall, it develops both basal and cauline leaves with broadly ovate blades. Its basal leaves measure 2.3 to 6.7 centimeters wide, typically as broad as they are long, with slightly crenate or serrate margins. The plant produces dark brown seeds and emerges from seasonally moist ground with delicate, spreading foliage.

Habitat: Generally in vernally moist soil, slopes, meadows, conifer forest, sagebrush

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: 122-2440 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, n&ampc SNH, Wrn

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