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Viola bakeri

Viola bakeri Greene

Baker's Violet

Violaceae (Violet family)

Synonym(s): Viola bakeri ssp. grandis, Viola bakeri ssp. shastensis, Viola nuttallii var. bakeri

USDA Symbol: VIBA2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

"Caulescent, yellow-flowered, with a close superficial likeness to A. Nuttallii, of the same size and same leaf-outline, but with a subligneous branching caudex; the whole plant perfectly glabrous, not at all fleshy, averaging about an inch in length and from oval to oblong-lanceolate, perfectly entire, marked with about 5 almost parallel nerves; petioles very slender, about twice the length of the blades; rather large deep yellow flowers little if at all surpassing the leaves." (Reslit: 2883).

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Stems usually erect, sometimes prostrate or decumbent, up to about 1 foot long.
Leaf: "...of the same size and same leaf-outline, but with a subligneous branching caudex; the whole plant perfectly glabrous, not at all fleshy, averaging about an inch in length and from oval to oblong-lanceolate, perfectly entire, marked with about 5 almost parallel nerves; petioles very slender, about twice the length of the blades;" (Reslit: 2883).
Flower: "...yellow-flowered, with a close superficial likeness to A. Nuttallii,rather large deep yellow flowers little if at all surpassing the leaves." (Reslit: 2883).

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: May , Jun , Jul

Distribution

USA: CA , NV , OR , WA

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 6 - Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database] (2018) USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Webref 27 - USDA Plants Database (2018) USDA, NRCS.

Research Literature

Reslit 2883 - New or Noteworthy Species (1898) Edward L. Greene

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Viola bakeri in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Viola bakeri in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Viola bakeri

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-01-02
Research By: Joseph A. Marcus

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