Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola frank-smithii N.H.Holmgren sect. Chamaemelanium |
Bibliography | Brittonia 44: 303 (1992) |
Native Range | Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1600-2100m |
Description | not stoloniferous, basal leaves petiolate, deltate, 1-3cm, cordate, crenate, eciliate, rounded, stem leaves similar, sepals lanceolate, eciliate, spur pale green |
Size | 2-12cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |