Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola cunninghamii Hook.f. sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 16 (1852) |
Native Range | Tasmania, Chatham Is., New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves small, crenate, petioles relatively long, flowers small, purple striate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
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 |
Synonyms | Viola cunninghamii var. radicata Hook.f. Viola perexigua Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) 51 New Zealand (CTM Chatham Is., NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |