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|accepted_name=Viola frank-smithii
|accepted_authority=N. H. Holmgren
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=44: 303, fig. 1E – H. 1992
|year=1992
}}
|common_names=Frank Smith violet
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola frank-smithii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Violaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Viola]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Viola frank-smithii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 117
|treatment_page=page 131
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, caulescent, not stoloniferous, 1.5–12.5 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1–4, decumbent or ascending to erect, glabrous, on caudex from fleshy rhizome. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal: 2–3; stipules lanceolate, margins fimbriate, apex acute; petiole 1.5–6(–14) cm, glabrous; blade broadly ovate to deltate, 1.3–2.9(–4.1) × 1.3–2.9 cm, base cordate to truncate, margins crenate, eciliate, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous; cauline similar to basal except: petiole 1.3–6.5 cm; blade 1.1–2.2 × 0.7–1.6 cm. <b>Peduncles</b> 2.5–7(–11.2) cm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, margins eciliate, auricles 0.5–1.5 mm; all petals usually pale purple, sometimes almost white adaxially, lateral 2 and lowest purple-veined, lateral and upper 2 violet abaxially, white basally, lateral 2 bearded, lowest 10–16(–18) mm, spur greenish to pale lime green, gibbous, 1.6–3 mm; style head bearded; cleistogamous flowers unknown. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 3–7 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> pale yellow, 2.4–2.8 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Cracks, crevices, and narrow ledges of vertical limestone and dolomite rock faces, humid, shady places
|elevation=1600–2100 m
|distribution=Utah.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Viola frank-smithii</i> is endemic to Logan Canyon, Cache County, Utah. N. H. Holmgren (2005d) wrote that it likely has its ancestral ties with <i>V. adunca</i>.</p>
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name=Viola frank-smithii
|author=
|authority=N. H. Holmgren
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Cracks, crevices, and narrow ledges of vertical limestone and dolomite rock faces, humid, shady places
|elevation=1600–2100 m
|distribution=Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=1992
|special status=Conservation concern;Endemic
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|genus=Viola
|species=Viola frank-smithii
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