| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola rupestris F.W.Schmidt sect. Viola |
| Synonyms | Viola allionii Pio |
| Viola pusilla Schleich. | |
| Viola saxigena Schur | |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 300-4000m |
| Description | hirsute, leaves cordate, long petiolate, stipules oval-lanceolate, flowers 10-15mm across, spur short, pale violet |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale blue, violet, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Finland , Great Britain , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran , Turkey ) China (Inner Mongolia , China North-Central , Xinjiang ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | VIOLACEAE
rupestris himalayensis (W.Becker) S.P.Banerjee & Pramanik, Fasc. Fl. India 12: 33 (1983)
rupestris orioli-bolosii J.Molero & al., Acta Bot. Barcinon. 45: 376 (1998)
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