Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola kunawarensis Royle sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 75 (1843) |
Native Range | w. & c. China to ne. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2900-4800m |
Description | leaves in rosette, petiolate, ovate, elliptic or oblong, 1-2cm, glabrous, midrib distinct, cuneate, entire or remotely crenate, flowers minute, 5-10mm long |
Size | 3-6cm |
Color | deep blue-purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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 gmeliniana var. glabra Regel & Herder Viola kunawarensis var. angustifolia W.Becker |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |