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Viola purpurea purpurea (Mountain violet)

Viola purpurea purpurea. Photo: (c) Barbara Kossy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Viola purpurea is a species of violet which bears yellow flowers. It is known commonly as the goosefoot violet. It is a small plant which bears thick to fleshy toothed or ridged oval leaves which are mostly green but may have a purplish tint to them. The flowers are made up of bright yellow petals, the lowermost being streaked or veined with purple and the lateral petals with purplish undersides.

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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: Nuttallianae
        Species: Viola purpurea (Goosefoot violet)
        Subspecies: Viola purpurea purpurea (Mountain violet)

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