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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Violaceae
Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie
great-spurred violet, Selkirk's violet
Viola: a classical Latin name for violets
selkirkii: for Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk 1771-1820
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial forb, basically stemless; long, thin rhizomes without stolons |
| Flower: | pale violet, 5-parted, 1/2" wide, numerous, beardless, spur blunt and large; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | widely-elliptic to round capsule with buff colored seeds |
| Leaf: | broadly-oval to heart-shaped with rounded teeth |
| Habitat: | shady; ravines; cold areas |
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