| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola brachyphylla W.Becker sect. Melanium |
| Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 73 (1924) |
| Native Range | n. Greece to North Macedonia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | glabrous, leaves to 1cm, linear or oblong-spathulate, entire, shortly petiolate, stipules similar, but shorter, flowers 2cm across, spur 6-8mm long, thin, yellow or violet |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division after flowering and in fall |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |