Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola pinetorum Greene |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-3100m |
Description | taproot, leaves linear to ovate, dentate, acute, flowers solitary, axillary, peduncles 2-9cm long, lower 3 petals purple striate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | lemmon yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
pinetorum grisea (Jeps.) R.J.Little, Phytologia 72: 77 (1992)
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