Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola hirsutula Brainerd |
Bibliography | Rhodora 9: 98 (1907) |
Native Range | e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 100-1000m |
Description | acaulescent, not stoloniferous, leaves petiolate, reniform to ovate, 1-6cm, cordate, serrate, rounded, adaxially silvery variegate, sepals lanceolate, spur violet |
Size | 2-15cm |
Color | red-violet |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola hirsutula f. albicans L.K.Henry |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, DEL Delaware, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |