Viola pedunculata (Johnny Jump-Up, California Golden Violet)

4/17/05 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

3/9/08 Trans Preserve Trail, SRP

3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

 3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills,
Riverside County, CA

3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve

3/23/02 Santa Rosa Plateau (few observed, little rain & vernal pools dry after Dec. 2001)

4/8/00 Santa Rosa Plateau

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Johnny Jump-Up, California Golden Violet

SPECIES: Viola pedunculata

FAMILY: Violaceae (Violet Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/8/2000

LOCATION: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Plant 5–39 cm

Stem generally decumbent to erect from deep, spongy rhizome with many fleshy roots, branched, thin, puberulent

Leaves cauline, simple; petiole 20–65 mm; blade 10–55 mm, deltate-ovate to cordate, crenate to serrate, glabrous to hairy, tip acute to obtuse

Inflorescence: peduncle < 200 mm

Flower: petals orange-yellow, lowest (including spur) 10–20 mm, lower 3 veined dark brown, lateral 2 bearded, upper 2 red-brown outside; style 2.9 mm

Fruit 5–11 mm, glabrous

Ecology: Open, grassy slopes, hillsides, chaparral, oak woodlands

Elevation: 0–1000 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Outer North Coast Ranges, Inner North Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay Area, Central Western California, Southwestern California 

Distribution outside California: n Baja California

Cleistogamous flowers 0. Plants from SCoRI (w San Benito Co.) with leaves smaller, thinner, narrower, petals yellow, style ± 2 mm have been called subsp. tenuifolia M.S. Baker & J.C. Clausen

Horticultural information: DRN, DRY in summer, SUN: 5, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; DFCLT.