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|accepted_name=Viola lithion
|accepted_authority=N. H. Holmgren & P. K. Holmgren
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=44: 300, fig. 1A – D. 1992
|year=1992
}}
|common_names=Rock 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 lithion
|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 lithion]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 117
|treatment_page=page 136
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, caulescent, not stoloniferous, 5–15 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1–3, ascending to erect, glabrous, on caudex from fleshy rhizome. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal: 1–4; stipules unknown; petiole 1–10 cm, glabrous, sometimes finely puberulent; blade broadly ovate or deltate to broadly deltate, 1–2.5(–2.9) × 0.6–2.2(–2.6) cm, base usually cordate to truncate, rarely rounded, margins crenate-dentate, eciliate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous; cauline similar to basal except: stipules lanceolate, margins usually fimbriate-toothed, sometimes entire, apex attenuate or acute; petiole 1.1–3.7 cm, sometimes finely puberulent; blade ovate to deltate, 0.7–2.2 × 0.4–1.2 cm, base sometimes rounded on distal blades. <b>Peduncles</b> 3–6(–10) cm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals lanceolate, margins eciliate, auricles 0.5–1 mm; petals blue to pale violet on both surfaces with yellow area basally, lower 3 purple-veined, lowest with yellow area, lateral 2 bearded, lowest 5.5–11 mm, spur white to pale violet, gibbous, 0.5–1.3 mm; style head bearded; cleistogamous flowers unknown. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, ca. 5 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, ca. 1.8 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Seasonally wet cracks and crevices, narrow ledges of rock outcrops, shaded northeast-facing avalanche chutes, cirque headwalls, subalpine conifer zone
|elevation=2300–3100 m
|distribution=Nev.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Viola lithion</i> is known only from the White Pine Range in <i>Nevada</i> and the Pilot Range straddling the <i>Nevada</i>-Utah border. It is related to <i>V. canadensis</i> and <i>V. flettii</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Viola lithion
|author=
|authority=N. H. Holmgren & P. K. Holmgren
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Seasonally wet cracks and crevices, narrow ledges of rock outcrops, shaded northeast-facing avalanche chutes, cirque headwalls, subalpine conifer zone
|elevation=2300–3100 m
|distribution=Nev.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=1992
|special status=Conservation concern;Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_231.xml
|genus=Viola
|species=Viola lithion
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