Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola rockiana W.Becker sect. Dischidium |
Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 236 (1925) |
Native Range | c. China to e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4300m |
Description | stems thin, glabrous, leaves orbiculate or ovate-orbiculate, ca. 1cm, on base shallowly cordate or truncate, shallowly sinuate-crenate, petals 6-8mm, spur cylindrical |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 biflora var. rockiana (W.Becker) Y.S.Chen |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |