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Viola selkirkii

Pursh ex Goldie

Great-spurred Violet

G5Secure Found in 6 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129889

Element CodePDVIO04200

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderViolales

FamilyViolaceae

GenusViola

Other Common Names

Selkirk's Violet (EN) Selkirk's violet (EN) Violette de Selkirk (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-05

Change Date2016-05-05

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Patchy distribution through much of Northern Hemisphere, with thousands of occurrences.

Range Extent Comments

Widespread spotty distribution throughout Northern Hemisphere.

Ecology & Habitat

Description

Flowers light violet and with a long, rounded, and swollen spur. None of the petals with beards. Leaves heart-shaped and with indentation at the base of the leaf black narrow, deep, nearly closed up.

Habitat

Moist woods and alder thickets.

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	S2	Yes
Alberta	S3	Yes
Saskatchewan	S3	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S2	Yes
Northwest Territories	SNR	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Labrador	S3	Yes
Manitoba	S2	Yes
Nova Scotia	S3	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
New Hampshire	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
South Dakota	S3	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Alaska	S3	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S3	Yes
Vermont	S4	Yes
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
Idaho	S1	Yes
New York	S5	Yes
Montana	S2	Yes
Maine	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Connecticut	S1	Yes
Colorado	S2	Yes
Massachusetts	S1	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (6)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Roaded Donut	Chugach National Forest	968

Montana (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Berray Mountain #672	Kootenai National Forest	9,119
Government Mountain #673	Kootenai National Forest	10,090
Scotchman Peaks (MT)	Kootenai National Forest	53,909

New Hampshire (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Kearsarge	White Mountain National Forest	4,554
Kinsman Mountain	White Mountain National Forest	8,999

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2015. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 6. Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droserceae. Oxford University Press, New York. 496 pp + xxiv.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.