Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola prionantha Bunge sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 82 (1835) |
Native Range | s. Russian Far East to China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 500-2800m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves numerous, petiolate, oblong-ovate, glabrous or strigose, densely crenulate, obtuse, flowers 12-20mm across, long pedicellate, spur 5-9mm long |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | purplish violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola prionantha var. sylvatica Kitag. Viola prionantha var. trichantha Ching J.Wang Viola taischanensis Ching J.Wang |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHS China Southeast) |