Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola macroceras Bunge sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. [C.F.von Ledebour) 1: 256 (1829) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate, at base cordate, 1-3cm, glabrous or very sparsely hirsute, serrate-crenate, flowers 12-17mm, calyx lobes lanceolate, spur 5-7mm long, at apex curvate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |