| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola alba Besser sect. Viola |
| Synonyms | Viola nigricans Schur ex Nyman |
| Viola scotophylla Jord. | |
| Viola thessala Boiss. & Spruner | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 200-1500m |
| Description | leaves dark green, ovate, deeply cordate, shallowly incised-dentate, petiolate, stipules linear-lanceolate, ciliate, flowers 1-2cm, fragrant, spur long, obtuse |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | white, violet |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | carpet |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | VIOLACEAE
alba cretica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Marcussen, Pl. Syst. Evol 237(1-2): 71 (2003)
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