Common Names: Rainier Violet, Sagebrush Violet, 3-Nerved Violet

No varieties:

Note time (spring) and habitat, (open dry areas, shrub-steppe), along with upper 2 petals are dark, lower 3 are lighter with yellow throat on lower petal and yellow beard on 2 side petals. Petal shape can be varied. Leaves are leathery with pointed tips.

east Central Cascades
TRAIL: Umtanum Ridge; Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park
HABITAT: Shrub-steppe
ELEVATION: 435 m (1,425 ft.); 650 m (2,035 ft.)
BLOOM TIME: 22-APR; 04-MAY