Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola dyris Maire sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 12: 181 (1921) |
Native Range | Morocco |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 3200-3500m |
Description | leaves thick, orbiculate, corolla with yellow eye and dark purple venation; akin to V. cenisia |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | creamy |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola dyris var. calcarea Litard. & Maire Viola dyris var. orientalis Emb. |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |