Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola egglestonii Brainerd |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 526 (1910) |
Native Range | Indiana to se. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 100-200m |
Description | glabrous, leaves at base truncate, lobate to tripartite, segments oblanceolate or linear, at apex crenate-serrate, lateral petals at throat barbate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | violet-purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Synonyms | Viola septemloba ssp. egglestonii (Brainerd) L.E.McKinney |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (INI Indiana) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, TEN Tennessee) |