Viola purpurea ssp. aurea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Viola purpurea Kellogg ssp. aurea (Kellogg) J.C. Clausen

Golden violet

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Viola purpurea ssp. aurea is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found in Nevada.

also called Viola aurea

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~65 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Viola purpurea
Genus:	Viola
Family:	Violaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS	Viola aurea
JEF	Viola purpurea var. aurea
PLANTS	Viola aurea

Information about Viola purpurea ssp. aurea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (VIAU3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/15/2025).