| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola aetolica Boiss. & Heldr. sect. Melanium |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Oreint. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2, 6: 24 (1859) |
| Native Range | se. Albania to Greece |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | shortly hirsute, stems numerous, leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, broadly crenate, stipules pinnatipartite, sepals triangular-ovate, acute, ciliate |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | bright yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
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| Type | perennial |
| 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 division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola heterosepala Boiss. & Heldr. Viola oetolica Boiss. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |
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