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Yellow Violet
Viola lobata
  
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About Yellow Violet (Viola lobata) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Viola lobata is a species of violet known by the common name pine violet. It is native to western North America from southern Oregon through California and into northern Baja California, where it occurs in mountain ranges and foothills. It grows in woodlands and other habitat. This rhizomatous herb produces an erect stem a few centimeters tall or growing to nearly half a meter in maximum height. The leaves have variously shaped blades borne on long petioles. The blades are 5 to 15 centimeters wide and may be hairless, hairy, or waxy in texture. The leaf blades are often divided into narrow lobes or dissected into small segments. The shape of the leaf blade differentiates the two subspecies; ssp. lobata has dissected leaves and ssp. integrifolia has entire or toothed blades. A solitary flower is borne on a long, upright stem. It has five yellow petals, all five or just the lower three with purple or brown veining and the upper two stained with purple or brown on the outer surfaces.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
1.5 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Yellow, Purple, Brown

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1 confirmed , 20 likely * ) SHOW ALL
Speyeria zerene Image
Zerene Fritillary Speyeria zereneSpeyeria zerene
*
Speyeria hydaspe Image
Hydaspe Fritillary Speyeria hydaspeSpeyeria hydaspe
*
Boloria epithore Image
Pacific Fritillary Boloria epithoreBoloria epithore
*
Speyeria mormonia Image
Mormon Fritillary Speyeria mormoniaSpeyeria mormonia
*
Euptoieta claudia Image
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudiaEuptoieta claudia
*
Speyeria coronis Image
Coronis Fritillary Speyeria coronisSpeyeria coronis
*
Speyeria callippe Image
Callippe Fritillary Speyeria callippeSpeyeria callippe

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Part Shade

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Moist, wet, or places in s, streambanks, etc.

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 12.8" - 141.0", Summer Precipitation: 0.24" - 4.96", Coldest Month: 29.3" - 52.0", Hottest Month: 47.2" - 79.3", Humidity: 0.29" - 23.84", Elevation: 50" - 9022"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Moose-horn Violet, Pine Violet


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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