| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola doerfleri Degen sect. Melanium |
| Bibliography | Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 64: 710 (1897) |
| Native Range | n. Greece to North Macedonia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 1700-2500m |
| Description | densely shortly hirsute, leaves ovate to suborbiculate or oblong, 1-2cm long, flowers ca. 2cm across, spur curvate, to 7mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | dark violet |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |
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