Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola maymanica Grey-Wilson |
Bibliography | Kew Bull. 29: 41 (1974) |
Native Range | nw. Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves lanceolate, 10-25mm long, to base tapered, flowers subsessile, 1cm, lower petal distinctly purple striate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale pink, white |
Bloom | 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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |