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Internal ID UUID64404f9939cdf439439699
Scientific name Viola purpurea
Authority Kellogg
First published in Pacific 1855 [2 Feb 1855]

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Viola purpurea, also known as goosefoot violet, is a small plant with yellow flowers and thick, oval leaves that are green with a purplish tint. It is commonly found in the foothills and mountains of the western United States, including the Cascade Mountains, coastal ranges, and Sierra Nevada. This species has several subspecies, all of which are known as goosefoot violet and can be found across the western US. It is a member of the chaparral plant community and is most commonly found in low elevation mountains. Some subspecies, such as Viola purpurea subsp. charlestonensis, can be found at high elevations of up to 8500 ft. Viola purpurea is a widely distributed species, with its most common variety being Viola purpurea subsp. venosa.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Viola senecta A.Nelson Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 17: 92 (1904)
Viola ophiophylla Greene Pittonia 5: 88 (1902)

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Language Common/alternative name
English pine violet
English goose-foot yellow violet
English goosefoot violet
English mountain violet
English purple-marked yellow violet (goosefoot violet)
English purplish violet
English purple-marked yellow violet
Persian بنفشه پاغازی

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Viola purpurea var. aurea (Kellogg) M.S.Baker ex Jeps. Fl. Calif. 2: 521 (1936)
Viola purpurea var. dimorpha (M.S.Baker & J.C.Clausen) J.T.Howell Mentzelia no. 1: 8. 1976 1975
Viola purpurea var. integrifolia (M.S.Baker & J.C.Clausen) J.T.Howell Mentzelia 1: 8 (1975)
Viola purpurea var. mesophyta (M.S.Baker & J.C.Clausen) J.T.Howell Mentzelia 1: 8. 1976 [dt. 1975; issued 1976]
Viola purpurea var. mohavensis (M.S.Baker & J.C.Clausen) J.T.Howell Mentzelia 1: 8. 1976 [dt. 1975; issued 1976]
Viola purpurea var. venosa (S.Watson) Brainerd Bull. Vermont Agric. Exp. Sta. 224: 111 (1921)

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001144440
Canadensys 9515
USDA Plants VIPU4
Tropicos 33800072
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:869063-1
The Plant List tro-33800072
Open Tree Of Life 740303
NCBI Taxonomy 97447
Nature Serve 2.135969
IPNI 294758-2
iNaturalist 70391
GBIF 5331324
Freebase /m/02vm14d
EPPO VIOPW
EOL 584567
Calflora (Californian flora) 8309
USDA GRIN 430482
Wikipedia Viola_purpurea

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
A Revised Phylogenetic Classification for Viola (Violaceae) Marcussen T, Ballard HE, Danihelka J, Flores AR, Nicola MV, Watson JM Plants (Basel) 27-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9460890
doi:10.3390/plants11172224
PMID:36079606
Historical ethnopharmacology of the herbalists from Krummhübel in the Sudety Mountains (seventeenth to nineteenth century), Silesia Spałek K, Spielvogel I, Proćków M, Proćków J J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 23-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6533749
doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0298-z
PMID:31122247
Larval Food Limitation in a Speyeria Butterfly (Nymphalidae): How Many Butterflies Can Be Supported? Hill RI, Rush CE, Mayberry J Insects 02-Dec-2018
PMCID:PMC6316225
doi:10.3390/insects9040179
PMID:30513808
Effects of climate and snow depth on Bromus tectorum population dynamics at high elevation Griffith AB, Loik ME Oecologia 26-Aug-2010
PMCID:PMC2955917
doi:10.1007/s00442-010-1749-3
PMID:20740291

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