Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola decumbens L.f. |
Bibliography | Suppl. Pl.: 397 (1782) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 15-1200m |
Description | branchlets procumbent, much ramose, leaves linear, very narrow, entire, glabrous, crowded, stipules subulate, flowers terminal, pedicellate, spur tubular, straight, long |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | bluish yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Viola procumbens J.F.Gmel. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |