Species

Viola sheltonii (Shelton’s violet)

Viola sheltonii. Photo: (c) John Marquis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Viola sheltonii is a species of violet known by the common names Shelton’s violet and fan violet. It is native to the western United States where it occurs in forests, woodlands, and chaparral habitat. This rhizomatous herb produces a cluster of stems up to about 27 centimeters tall. The fan-like leaf blades are each divided into leaflets which are deeply dissected into narrow segments, the whole blade borne on a long petiole. A solitary flower is…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Malpighiales (Nances, willows, and allies)
        Family: Violaceae (Violet family)
        Genus: Viola (Violets)
        Subgenus: Viola (Pansies and violets)
        Section: Chamaemelanium
        Subsection: Chrysanthae
        Species: Viola sheltonii (Shelton’s violet)

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