Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola beckiana Fiala ex Beck sect. Melanium |
Bibliography | Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 21: 197 (1896) |
Native Range | Albania to Bosnia and Hercegovina |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 800-1800m |
Description | leaves 2-5cm, linear-lanceolate, remotely serrulate, stipules entire to pinnatipartite, flowers 2-4cm across, spur 3-4mm long, uncinate |
Size | 12-20cm |
Color | yellow, dark violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Viola pascua W.Becker |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, YUG Yugoslavia) |