| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola etrusca Erben sect. Melanium |
| Bibliography | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 22: 499 (1986) |
| Native Range | nw. Italy |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 800-1100m |
| Description | sparsely grey hirsute, basal leaves 2-3cm, suborbiculate or elliptic, obtuse, remotely crenate, long petiolate, stem leaves narrowly elliptic, flowers long pedunculate, 2-3cm |
| Size | 10-16cm |
| Color | blue-violet, yellow |
| 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 |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |