Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola diversifolia (DC.) W.Becker sect. Melanium |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 892 (1903) |
Native Range | c. & e. Pyrenees |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1900-2900m |
Description | shortly scabrous-hirsute, lower leaves orbiculate to broadly oval, entire, petiolate, upper leaves narrowly oblong or ovate, flowers 15-20mm across, fragrant |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola cenisia var. diversifolia DC. Viola cenisia ssp. lapeyrousiana Rouy & Foucaud Viola cenisia var. polydactyla J.Gay Viola lapeyrousiana (Rouy & Foucaud) A.W.Hill |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |