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Viola purpurea var. aurea, the golden violet, is a small, hairy wildflower native to dry desert mountain slopes in eastern California and western Nevada. Give it full sun, excellent drainage and dry conditions, as it is adapted to arid rock and gravelly soils.
Viola purpurea var. aurea, also known as golden violet and bright yellow violet, is a variety of violet. It is endemic to the western United States (eastern California and western Nevada), where it is known from scattered occurrences in various types of dry habitat such as the slopes of desert mountains.
Viola abbreviata · Viola abyssinica · Hookedspur violet · White Violet · Viola angustifolia · Field Pansy · Australian Native Violet · Viola betonicifolia · Viola lutea subsp. calaminaria · Canadian white violet · Horned Pansy · Viola cotyledon
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