| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola poetica Boiss. & Spruner sect. Melanium |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 6: 21 (1846) |
| Native Range | sc. Greece |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1800-2100m |
| Description | glabrous or sparsely strigose, leaves long petiolate, entire, obtuse, ovate-orbiculate, stipules similar, sepals lanceolate, acute, spur thick, obtuse |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue, violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |