Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola adunca Sm. sect. Viola |
Synonyms | Viola cascadensis M.S.Baker |
Viola compacta Greene | |
Viola huronensis Greene | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 0-3800m |
Description | stipules linear-lanceolate, leaves 1-3cm wide, cordate-ovate, finely crenate, flowers conspicuously calcarate, stigma densely hirsute |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Iowa , Minnesota , North Dakota , Nebraska , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New York , Vermont ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast , Mexico Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
adunca bellidifolia (Greene) H.D.Harr., Man. Pl. Colorado 641 (1954)
adunca kirkii V.G.Durán, Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 319 (1966)
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