''Viola beckwithii'', known commonly as the Great Basin violet, Beckwith's violet, and sagebrush pansy, is a species of

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native to the

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. It is an early-flowering plant of sagebrush (''Artemisia tridentata'') habitats in the

Great Basin The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic basin, endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California ...

region. This is a perennial herb with several decumbent or erect stems growing from a

caudex A caudex (plural: caudices) of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.pages 456 and 695 In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is m ...

. The stems are up to about 22 centimeters long, often with much of their length underground. The fleshy compound leaves have dissected leaflets of varying shape and size. Flowers arise from the leaf axils. The upper two petals are reddish violet, and the lower three are purplish to white with purple veining and yellow or orange bases.''Viola beckwithii''.
The Jepson eFlora 2013.

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''Viola beckwithii''.
Calflora 2013.
''Viola beckwithii''.
CalPhotos. beckwithii Endemic flora of the United States Flora of the Great Basin Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Flora of the Western United States {{Violaceae-stub

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