Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola collina Besser sect. Viola |
Synonyms | Viola atrichocarpa Borbás |
Viola gymnocarpa Janka | |
Viola obscura Schur | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to orbiculate-cordate, 2-4cm long, shallowly serrate, pubescent, flowers 10-15mm across, sepals narrowly ovate, obtuse, pubescent, spur 3-4mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained 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 , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , West Siberia ) Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , China Southeast ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Korea) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
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