Viola lobata. Also known as the Pine Violet and the Yellow Wood Violet. This drawing was made on 2 April 1979 in our front yard in Napa County. The specimens were growing at the base of one of our Ponderosa pines. Some people seem to have the idea that violets are only blue or purple, or violet- colored. Many are, but some of our handsomest native violets in California are yellow. Believed to be first collected by Karl Theodor Hartwig in 1846 or 1847. The first published description appeared in 1848. —Henry Evans
295 copies were printed and sell for $300 each.