Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola caleyana G.Don sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 1: 329 (1831) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | leaves suborbiculate to triangular-ovate, 20-35mm long, long petiolate, flowers 15-25mm across |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white, pale violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |