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| THE VIOLET FAMILY | |||||||||
| Violets can be annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. The leaves are simple and may be basal or on a leafy stem. This family has stipules, or paired bracts, below the leaves. The stipules are usually attached to the base of the leaf stalk. The flowers are usually irregular in shape. There are five sepals which may or may not have ear-like lobes at the base. There are five petals that range from white to yellow, green or purple in colour. The lower petals are usually spurred. | |||||||||
| SMOOTH YELLOW VIOLET | |||||||||
| LATIN NAME: Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula | |||||||||
| WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | |||||||||
| Smooth yellow violet grows as tall as 30 cm from short rhizomes. The stems are erect or creeping and are hairless. The basal leaves, if present, are on long stalks and are kidney-shaped or oval with a round or saw-toothed margin. There are two to four stem leaves near the top of the stem. The stipules are large and leafless stipules may be present on the lower half of the stem. The sepals have a narrow white margin and short spurs. The petals are bright yellow and the lower ones are purplish-veined. | |||||||||
| WHERE DOES IT GROW? | |||||||||
| Smooth yellow violet grows in moist floodplain woods on rich soil. | |||||||||
| WHERE IS IT FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN? | |||||||||
| This plant is found in east-central Saskatchewan in the Boreal Transition and Mid-Boreal Lowland ecoregions. | |||||||||
| WHY IS IT RARE? | |||||||||
| Smooth yellow violet is threatened because it is rare and highly regionally restricted in the province. Possible threats have been identified for this species. | |||||||||
| HOW TO IDENTIFY SMOOTH YELLOW VIOLET | |||||||||
| * Are the petals yellow with purplish-brown veins? * Do the sepals have a narrow white margin? * Are the stipules large? * Did you find it in east-central Saskatchewan? | |||||||||
| If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may have found smooth yellow violet! | |||||||||
