Viola beckwithii

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Subgenus: V. subg. Chamaemelanium
Sectio: V. sect. Chamaemelanium
Subsectio: V. subsect. Chrysanthae
Species: Viola beckwithii
Name

Viola beckwithii Torr. & A.Gray
Synonyms

Viola beckwithii subsp. beckwithii
Viola beckwithii var. cachensis C.P. Sm.
Viola bonnevillensis Cottam

Distribution

It is native to the western United States.
References

Pacif. Railr. Rep. 2(1):119. 1857

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2017. Viola beckwithii. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 06 2017.
The Plant List 2013. Viola beckwithii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 06.
Tropicos.org 2017. Viola beckwithii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: O6 Oct. 2017.

Vernacular names
English: Great Basin Violet, Beckwith's violet

Viola beckwithii, known commonly as the Great Basin violet, Beckwith's violet, and sagebrush pansy, is a species of violet native to the western United States.[1] It is an early-flowering plant of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) habitats in the Great Basin region.

This is a perennial herb with several decumbent or erect stems growing from a caudex. The stems are up to about 22 centimeters long, often with much of their length underground. The fleshy compound leaves have dissected leaflets of varying shape and size. Flowers arise from the leaf axils. The upper two petals are reddish violet, and the lower three are purplish to white with purple veining and yellow or orange bases.[2]
See also

Sagebrush steppe
Northern Basin and Range ecoregion
Central Basin and Range ecoregion

References

USDA PLANTS: Viola beckwithii. Accessed 8 January 2013.
Viola beckwithii. The Jepson eFlora 2013.