Viola beckwithii, Torr. & Gray

Viola beckwithii Description. Illustrations: 4 photographs of Viola beckwithii and 3 drawings. Viola beckwithii is a lovely violet with large, open two-toned flowers and attractive deeply divided foliage. These plants are highly adapted to the extremes of weather in their habitat and are very difficult to cultivate. In common with many other desert plants, their…

Viola bakeri, Greene

Viola bakeri Description. Illustrations: 1 photograph of Viola bakeri and 1 drawing. Viola bakeri (near Lake Tahoe, CA. June 1998).     A dwarf, tap-rooted species with pale yellow flowers occurring from the upper altitudes of the Sierra Nevada mountains of mid-California, Oregon and southern Washington state. The green plants are more or less summer-dormant,…

Viola guadalupensis

Viola guadalupensis A.M Powell & B. Wauer Description. Illustrations: 5 photographs of Viola guadalupensis and 3 drawings. Viola guadalupensis is a rare, endangered and highly protected species. Small golden yellow-flowers and details of style morphology place this violet in section Chamaemelanium grouped with V. nuttallii and V. vallicola. However, Viola guadalupensis plants, leaves and flowers…