Viola pinetorum, Greene

Viola pinetorum Greene Kim’s notes, unedited. Illustrations: 3 photographs of Viola pinetorum and 1 drawing. Pittonia 2: 14. 1889. TM (Thomas Marcussen) : Sect. Chamaemelanium subsect. Nuttallianae [New classification, 2010]. n=6, 2n =12 Edward Lee Greene, 1843-1915 ‘Pinetorum’ means ‘of pines’.   SFO wildflower CD: Pine violet on Mines Road and in Mt. St. Helena…

Viola pedunculata. Torrey and A. Gray

Viola pedunculata Torrey and A. Gray, (sometimes abbreviated to T. & G.) Kim’s unedited notes. Illustrations: 5 photographs of Viola pedunculata and 2 drawings John Torrey, 1796-1873 & Asa Gray 1810-1888. ‘Pedunculata’ means with a peduncle. Sect. Chamaemelanium subsect. Nuttallianae [Marcussen, 2011]. See Abrams L. R. & R.S. Ferris. An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific…

Viola hirsutula, Brainerd

Viola hirsutula Kim’s incomplete notes. Illustrations: 4 photographs of Viola hirsutula, 2 photographs of Viola hirsutula hybrids, 2 drawings. Section Nosphinium, subsect. Boreali-Americanae [NEW classification, 2010]. See also under V. villosa. 2n=54. Flowers RHS 87A. http://plants.usda.gov Plant Images: Distribution by State: AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, MS, NC, NU, NY, OH, PA, SC,…

Viola egglestonii Brainerd

Viola egglestonii Kim’s rough notes. Illustrations: 2 photographs of Viola egglestonia (1 of seedpod), 1 drawing. Section Nosphinium, subsect. Boreali-Americanae [NEW classification, 2010]. name accepted by ITIS. Name V. septemloba LeConte ssp. egglestonii (Brainerd) McKinney is not accepted by ITIS. IPNI lists it as: Viola septemloba subsp. egglestonii (Brainerd) McKinney — Sida, Bot. Misc. 7:…

Viola glabella

Viola glabella No description. Illustrations: 3 photographs of Viola glabella and 2 drawings. Featured photograph: Viola glabella at Vancouver Island, BC May 1996)        

Viola charlestonensis, M.S. Baker & J.C. Clausen

Viola charlestonensis  Kim’s unfinished notes. Illustrations: 2 photographs of Viola charlestonensis and 2 drawings. Clockey, Madroño 8: 58. 1945. I.W. Clockey was a plant collector. Type collected in the Nevada area, 23 May, 1937. Diploid species, 2n=2x=12, where x is the base chromosome number for section Chamaemelanium.   SW Utah and Clarke County, Nevada glaucous thick…

Viola biflora L.

Viola biflora Description.  Illustrations: 3 photographs of Viola biflora and 2 drawings. Viola biflora is a member of section Chamaemelanium, subsection Biflorae, a group of several geographically separated races distributed on high mountain ranges around the North Pole. Viola biflora migrated from Eurasia across the Bering land bridge to western North America where it is…

Viola sheltonii Torrey.

Viola sheltonii Description. Illustrations: 6 photographs of Viola sheltonii and 2 drawings. Two separate montane populations of V. sheltonii exist: one west from the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Oregon and Washington states, the other in the Rocky Mountains, from Montana to southwestern Colorado. Half of the plant remains underground, so that the crown of the…

Viola trinervata (Howell) Howell ex A.Gray

Viola trinervata Description. Illustrations: 3 photographs of Viola trinervata and 2 drawings. This violet species is named for the three prominent veins easily visible on the erect glaucous leaves. It is found in the lithosol soils of central Washington State and northern Oregon with a disjunct population in south eastern Oregon in the Great Basin….