Sierra Nevada Aquatic

Research Laboratory

University of California, Santa Barbara

Specimen

  • Viola purpurea ssp. mohavensis

    Perennial herb, petals yellow, upper 2 brownish on back; occasional colonies in dry sandy-gravelly soil, SW corner of property, near fence, in sagebrush scrub with Purshia tridentata.

  • Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

    Perennial herb, corollas purple; locally abundant in dry sandy-gravelly soil, sagebrush scrub, SW corner of property, near fence; with Purshia tridentata.