Viola aurea subsp. mohavensis M.S.Baker & J.C.Clausen

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RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the Liebre Mountains,
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Violaceae
Viola purpurea Kellogg
ssp. mohavensis (Baker & Clausen) Clausen
GRASS MOUNTAIN: gradual, grassy slope of easterly
exposure, ca 70 m ENE of the summit. Lake Hughes 7.5'
USGS Quadrangle; T6N R14W, NW/4 NW/4 NW/4
SW/4 NW/4 section 6 (straddling the range line into
R15W, which is not mapped to sections). Elevation ca
4565 feet.
Somewhat disturbed grassland invaded by Bromus
diandrus, B. tectorum, B. hordeaceus, and other weeds, on
decomposed granite. At the grassland margin on the N is
chaparral; at the margin on the E is chaparral recovering
from a bum.
Herbaceous perennial, scattered in grassland. Corolla
yellow, 1-2.5 cm broad; lower petal with brownish
radiating lines in proximal half ; upper two petals
brownish-purple abaxially.
Timothy S. Ross 7651
Steve Boyd
4 May 1994