Summary ⁴

Viola sempervirens, known by the common names Redwood Violet and Evergreen Violet, is a species in the genus Viola. It is native to the West Coast of the United States and British Columbia, Canada, and grows in closed-cone pine forest, California mixed evergreen forest, redwood forest, and Douglas fir forest communities. It has leathery purple-spotted green leaves and bright yellow flowers. It blooms in winter and spring.

Distribution ⁵

Global Range: Washington to California, with isolated occurrences in Southeastern Alaska.

National nature serve conservation status ⁶

Canada

United States

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2. (c) Lynette Schimming, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/25980517@N03/4523955637/
3. (c) Jason Hollinger, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7147684@N03/991787317/
4. Adapted by dlimandri from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_sempervirens
5. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/14789911
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• USDA PLANTS database
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