Wildflowers of the Wasatch Mountains and Bear River Range: Key to Viola

Key to Viola of the Wasatch Mountains and Bear River Range

1	Flowers yellow	2
1	Flowers purple, blue, violet, or multi-colored	3

2	Leaves generally more or less rounded, deeply-veined; leaf veins and petioles somewhat purplish. ID (Bear Lake, Franklin Counties), UT (Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Utah, Wasatch, Weber Counties) Goosefoot Violet Viola purpurea
2	Leaves more oblong, more shallowly veined and green; leaf petioles gradually tapering to leaf blade. ID (Bear Lake County), UT (Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Utah, Wasatch, Weber Counties) Sagebrush Violet Viola vallicola Syn. V. nuttallii

3	Leaves compound, typically divided into fine segments; upper two petals dark rose purple, lower 3 petals white to very light lavender. Plants rarely found in sagebrush foothills as most of their historic habitat has been developed. UT (Cache, Salt Lake, Utah, Weber) Beckwith Violet Viola beckwithii
3	Leaves simple; petals variously colored, but not as with V. beckwithii 4

4	Plants acaulescent, widespread Bog Violet Viola nephrophylla
4	Plants caulescent	5

5	Petals white or very pale lavender; flowering stems with 2 or more internodes. ID (Franklin County), UT (Cache, Rich, Salt Lake, Utah Counties) Creepingroot Violet Viola canadensis
5	Petals blue to violet	6

6	Plants widespread, growing in a wide variety of habitats, but not known from the habitat of previous species. ID (Bear Lake, Franklin Counties), UT (Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Utah, Wasatch, Weber Counties) Hoodedspur Violet Viola adunca
6	Plants with very limited distribution to limestone and dolomite cliff and rock outcrops in Logan Canyon and adjacent tributaries. UT (Cache) Frank Smith Violet Viola franksmithii