Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola lobata Benth. sect. Viola |
Synonyms | Viola dactylifera Greene |
Viola montana Kellogg | |
Viola psychodes Greene | |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-2300m |
Description | leaves in outline ovate to reniform, palmatipartite, segments 5-7, lanceolate-oblong, petals 5-15mm long, purple-brown striate, lateral petals yellow barbate |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | dark 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 |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California ) Mexico (Mexico Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
lobata integrifolia S.Watson, Bot. California [W.H.Brewer] 1: 57 (1876)
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