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|accepted_name=Viola sheltonii
|accepted_authority=Torrey in War Department [U.S.]
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|place=4(5): 67, plate 2. 1857
|year=1857
}}
|common_names=Shelton’s violet
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Viola sheltonii var. biternata
|authority=(Greene) A. Nelson
}}
|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola sheltonii
|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 sheltonii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 111, 116, 160
|treatment_page=page 158
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, caulescent, not stoloniferous, 3–27 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1–3, prostrate, decumbent, or erect, glabrous or sparsely puberulent, from short, often vertical, deep-seated or usually shallow, subligneous rhizome. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal: 1–3, palmately compound, leaflets 3; stipules lanceolate-ovate, margins laciniate with gland-tipped projections, apex acute to acuminate; petiole 8.6–21 cm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; blade reniform or ovate to ± orbiculate, 2–7 × 2–11 cm, coriaceous, base tapered, each leaflet cleft or dissected into 3 ± obovate lobes, each lobe further divided into 2–3 oblanceolate, pandurate, spatulate, oblong, lanceolate, or elliptic, lobes 2–10 mm wide, margins entire, ciliate or eciliate, apex acute to obtuse, mucronulate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely puberulent; cauline similar to basal except: stipules ovate to lanceolate, margin projections gland-tipped or eglandular, apex long-acuminate; petiole 5.5–12 cm; blade 1.2–6.3 × 1.2–10.5 cm. <b>Peduncles</b> 5–19 cm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals lanceolate, margins ciliate or eciliate, auricles 0.5–1 mm; petals deep lemon-yellow adaxially, upper 2 dark brown to brownish purple abaxially, lower 3 and sometimes upper 2 brownish purple-veined, lateral 2 bearded or beardless, lowest 7–18 mm, spur yellowish with brownish purple specks, gibbous, 1–2 mm; style head bearded; cleistogamous flowers axillary. <b>Capsules</b> oblong to ovoid, 6–8 mm, glabrous or puberulent. <b>Seeds</b> brownish, shiny, ca. 2.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul.
|habitat=Red fir, yellow pine, mixed evergreen, chaparral, oak woodlands, rich or gravelly soil
|elevation=800–2500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>The cleistogamous flowers of <i>Viola sheltonii</i> are borne on long, prostrate peduncles usually buried in duff around the plant. Mature cleistogamous capsules are usually hidden and the dehisced seeds remain close to the parent plant. Some populations of <i>V. sheltonii</i> produce only cleistogamous flowers (D. Klaber 1976).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Viola sheltonii
|author=
|authority=Torrey in War Department [U.S.]
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Viola sheltonii var. biternata
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul.
|habitat=Red fir, yellow pine, mixed evergreen, chaparral, oak woodlands, rich or gravelly soil
|elevation=800–2500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|publication year=1857
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_283.xml
|genus=Viola
|species=Viola sheltonii
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