Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola nebrodensis C.Presl sect. Melanium |
Bibliography | Delic. Prag. [J.S. Presl & C.B. Presl] 26 (1822) |
Native Range | n. Sicilia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1700-1800m |
Description | leaves 10-15mm, crowded, narrowly ovate, obtuse, cuneate, petiolate, stipules tripartite, flowers 20-25mm across, spur 10-12mm long, thin, straight or subcurvate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark violet |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (SIC Sicilia) |