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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Viola nuttallii
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=1: 174. 1813
|year=1813
}}
|common_names=Nuttall’s or Nuttall’s yellow or yellow prairie violet;violette de Nuttall
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Crocion nuttallii
|authority=(Pursh) Nieuwland & Lunell
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola nuttallii
|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 nuttallii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 112, 119, 132, 145, 146, 148, 160, 163
|treatment_page=page 140
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, caulescent, not stoloniferous, 2–27 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1–6, ascending to erect, leafy proximally and distally, ca. 1/2 subterranean, puberulent, on caudex from usually vertical, subligneous rhizome. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal: 1–6; stipules adnate to petiole, forming 2 linear-lanceolate wings, margins entire, apex of each wing free, acute, few-toothed or lobed; petiole 2–17 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent; blade lanceolate, ovate, or elliptic, 1–9 × 0.6–2.5 cm, base attenuate, margins entire or serrulate, sometimes sinuate, ciliate, apex acute to obtuse, mucronulate, surfaces glabrous or puberulent; cauline similar to basal except: stipules adnate to or free from petiole, linear to linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, sometimes leaflike, margins usually entire, rarely laciniate or glandular, apex acute to acuminate; petiole 2–7 cm; blade 1.4–7.2(–10) × 1.1–2.3 cm, length 1.3–4.4 times width, apex acute. <b>Peduncles</b> 3–13 cm, glabrous or puberulent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals linear-lanceolate, margins eciliate, auricles 0.5–1 mm; petals deep lemon-yellow adaxially or on both surfaces, upper 2 often brownish purple abaxially, lower 3 dark brown- to brownish purple-veined, lateral 2 sparsely bearded, lowest 6–13 mm, spur yellow, gibbous, 0.5–1.5 mm; style head bearded; cleistogamous flowers axillary. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose to ovoid, 4–10 mm, usually glabrous, rarely finely puberulent. <b>Seeds</b> medium brown, 2–3.2 mm, elaiosome extending over 1/3 length of seed and completely covering funiculus. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Sagebrush flats, prairie grasslands, dry stream banks, juniper woodlands, scree slopes
|elevation=400–2600 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>D. M. Fabijan et al. (1987) stated that <i>Viola nuttallii</i> showed no evidence of hybridization even when growing with <i>V. vallicola</i> east of the Rocky Mountains.</p>
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name=Viola nuttallii
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Crocion nuttallii
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Sagebrush flats, prairie grasslands, dry stream banks, juniper woodlands, scree slopes
|elevation=400–2600 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=1813
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_239.xml
|genus=Viola
|species=Viola nuttallii
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