Utah violet

Description:

Following Intermountain Vol. 2B (2005), this is Viola utahensis Baker & Clausen. Welsh (2008) still treats under an expanded V. nuttallii which is now being generally recognized as only occurring east of the Rocky Mountains and so does not occur in Utah. This might in fact however be V. purpurea var. venosa (the description and drawing of which in IF Vol. 2B apparently cannot be fully relied upon) because of the deep vein markings.June 4, 2005, Neff's Canyon, roughly 1.5 miles up the canyon, somewhere in the 6500-7000 ft. range, in an open/exposed area among otherwise dense vegetation, Salt Lake County, Utah