| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola saxatilis F.W.Schmidt sect. Melanium |
| Bibliography | Fl. Boëm. 3: 60 (1794) |
| Native Range | European Mountains to Caucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves ovate to lanceolate, cordate, crenate-serrate, stipules pinnatifid, segments narrow, flowers solitary, 2-3cm across, spur 3-4mm |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Mnemion alpestre Fourr. Vola alpestris Jord. Viola alpestris ssp. polychroma (A.Kern.) Hayek Viola bielziana Schur Viola decora Formánek Viola elizabethae Klokov Viola flavescens Jord. Viola flavida Schur Viola lutea var. coerulea Lázaro Ibiza Viola lutea var. paillouxii (Jord.) Nyman Viola lutea var. saxatilis (F.W.Schmidt) Rchb. Viola monticola Jord. Viola paillouxii Jord. Viola polychroma A.Kern. Viola royanensis Chatenier Viola saxatilis ssp. polychroma (A.Kern.) Kirschner & Skalickýý Viola tricolor var. alpestris DC. ex Ging. Viola tricolor ssp. alpestris (DC. ex Ging.) Ces. Viola tricolor var. flavescens (Jord.) Gaut. Viola tricolor var. montana Čelak. Viola tricolor ssp. monticola (Jord.) W.Becker Viola tricolor var. paillouxii (Jord.ú Gaut. Viola tricolor var. polychroma (A.Kern.) Gams Viola tricolor ssp. polychroma (A.Kern.) Murr Viola tricolor ssp. saxatilis (F.W.Schmidt) Arcang. Viola tricolor var. saxatilis (W.F.Schmidt) Wimm. & Grab. Viola tricolor ssp. subalpina Gaudin Viola vespertina Klokov |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |