Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola flettii Piper sect. Chamaemelanium |
Bibliography | Erythea 6: 69 (1898) |
Native Range | nw. Washington (Olympic Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1100-2000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves carnose, purple green, reniform, 15-40mm wide, finely crenate-serrate, corolla 15mm across, spur very short, yellow, stigma barbate |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | purplish violet |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division after flowering and in fall |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington) |