Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola sikkimensis W.Becker sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 260 (1916) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, abaxially grey-green, adaxially dark green, broadly ovate, glabrous, densely and shallowly crenate, obtuse, flowers long pedicellate, petals 10-12mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |