Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola caucasica Kolen. ex Rupr. sect. Dischidium |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Sci. Petersb., sér. 7. 15(2): 158 (1869) |
Native Range | Caucausus |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1200-3000m |
Description | stipules small, oval, entire, leaves orbiculate, at base deeply incised, flowers 1-2, dark striate, spur to 2mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |