Species: Viola selkirkii
Great-spurred Violet
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Flowers light violet and with a long, rounded, and swollen spur. None of the petals with beards. Leaves heart-shaped and with indentation at the base of the leaf black narrow, deep, nearly closed up.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Violales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Selkirk's Violet - Selkirk's violet
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Violet Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Violales - Violaceae - Viola
Ecology and Life History
Flowers light violet and with a long, rounded, and swollen spur. None of the petals with beards. Leaves heart-shaped and with indentation at the base of the leaf black narrow, deep, nearly closed up.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5?
Global Status Last Reviewed
1984-10-03
Global Status Last Changed
1984-10-03
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Widespread spotty distribution throughout Northern Hemisphere.