Viola tricolor L.


Family	VIOLACEAE
Genus species	Viola tricolor L. sect. Melanium
Synonyms	Viola deminuta Schur
	Viola flavida Jord.
	Viola virgata Gren.
Habitat	grassland
Description	leaves ovate-cordate to lanceolate, crenate, stipules distinct, pinnatilobate, flowers 25mm across, spur 3-6mm long; variable
Size	10-15cm
Color	violet, yellow
Bloom	spring, summer
Ca
Type	tuft
Cultivation	mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagation	seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall
Territory	Europe Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Krym , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	VIOLACEAE Viola tricolor L., Sp. Pl. 2: 935 (1753) Synonyms: Ion tricolor (L.) Medik. Jacea tricolor (L.) Opiz Mnemion tricolor (L.) Spach Mnemion elegans Spach Mnemion nemausense (Jord.) Fourr. Mnemion sagotii (Jord.) Fourr. Mnemion variatum (Jord.) Fourr. Viola banatica Kit. ex Schult. Viola bella Gren. Viola bicolor Hoffm. Viola cantiana Drabble Viola carpatica Borbás Viola confinis Jord. ex Nyman Viola deminuta Schur Viola derelicta Jord. Viola flavida Jord. Viola foucaudii Sav. Viola garganica Strobl Viola grandiflora L. Viola lejeunei Jord. Viola lepida Jord. Viola leptoceras Schur Viola lilascens Heldr. ex Boiss. Viola lloydii Jord. ex Boreau Viola luteola Jord. Viola media (DC.) Chaillet ex Schult. Viola meduanensis Boreau Viola mentita Jord. Viola micrantha Bertol. Viola mucuzii Orph. ex Nyman Viola mutabilis Rochel Viola nemausensis Jord. Viola olonnensis Genev. Viola orcadensis Drabble Viola paillouxi Jord. Viola pallescens Jord. Viola parviflora Kit. ex Schult. Viola peregrina Jord. ex Boreau Viola perrobusta Borbás Viola provostii Boreau Viola pseudolutea Schur Viola ruralis Jord. ex Boreau Viola sagotii Jord. Viola sicula Schur Viola soongorica Fisch. ex Ledeb. Viola subtilis Jord. Viola timbalii Jord. Viola tricolor alba Sigunov Viola tricolor cantiana (Drabble) P.D.Sell Viola tricolor carpatica (Borbás) P.D.Sell Viola tricolor lejeunii (Jord.) P.D.Sell Viola tricolor orcadensis (Drabble) P.D.Sell Viola tricolor raiblensis Lausi & Cusma-Vel. Viola tricolor tenella Farw. Viola variata Jord. Viola variegata Vuk. Viola vectensis (F.N.Williams) Drabble Viola versicolor Salisb. Viola virgata Gren. Viola vivariensis Jord. Europe, Altay, West Siberia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkey 10 DEN FIN FOR GRB ICE IRE NET NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN POL SWI 12 COR FRA SPA 13 ALB BUL ITA ROM TUE YUG 14 BLR BLT KRY RUC RUE RUN RUS RUW UKR 30 ALT WSB 32 KAZ 34 IRN TUR