Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola scrotiformis DC. ex Ging |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 1: 299 (1824) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | procumbent, ramose, leaves linear, very narrow, entire, glabrous, crowded, stipules subulate, flowers solitary, pedicellate, spur cylindrical, straight, long |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow-blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Viola decumbens var. scrotiformis (DC. ex Ging.) Jessop |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |