| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola altaica Ker Gawl. sect. Melanium |
| Synonyms | Viola monochroa Klokov |
| Viola pallasii Fisch. ex Steud. | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-4000m |
| Description | leaves broadly ovate to elliptic, 2-5cm dlouhé, shallowly crenate, glabrous, stipules large, deeply dentate or lobate, flowers to 4cm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | bluish purple, yellow |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | VIOLACEAE
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