Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola scopulorum (A.Gray) Greene sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Pittonia 5: 27 (1902) |
Native Range | Utah to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 1500-3500m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, ovate, cordate or subcordate, crenate, stipules oblong or broadly lanceolate, acuminate, flowers solitary, sepals lanceolate |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola canadensis var. scopulorum A.Gray Viola canadensis ssp. scopulorum (A.Gray) House |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |