Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola chelmea Boiss. & Heldr. sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 54 (1854) |
Native Range | Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 500-2200m |
Description | leaves 5-15mm, long petiolate, triangular, at base truncate or cuneate, hirsute, glabrescent, stipules broadly lanceolate, glandular-laciniate, flowers 1cm, not fragrant |
Size | 4-8cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | spring, 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 (GRC Greece) |