Viola howellii
Violaceae
Howell's Violet
Tuft with leaning stems. Leaves with rounded edges, widely triangular, with a deep basal cleft, toothed, with few hairs on veins. Flowers often entirely light blue to lavender, sometimes with white bases and deeper bluish purple backs, never yellow. Lower petal lighter toward base with dark purple veins and spur as wide as it is long. The 2 side petals have a small tuft of hair at base. Grows in moist ground on prairies, in woods. Plants found east of the Klamath Lakes
- Rarity: Common
- Flowering Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
- Flower Form: Petals 5, Bilateral Symmetry, Violets
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 3–8 inches
- Habitat: East-side Forest, Meadow, West-side Forest
- Found In: N Cascades NP, Olympic NP, West Gorge
- Native: Yes
