Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola rostrata Muhl. ex Pursh |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 200-1800m |
Description | not stoloniferous, basal leaves ovate to reniform, 1-5cm, crenate to serrate, eciliate, pubescent, stem leaves similar, sepals lanceolate, spur long, white or purple |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Northern America
Eastern Canada (Ontario , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Vermont , West Virginia ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Alabama , Georgia , Kentucky , Maryland , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
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