WorldFloraDB - Viola cornuta

Characteristics

A perennial plant. It grows 15-30 cm high and 38-60 cm wide. It has underground stems or rhizomes. The leaves are oval and 25 mm long. They have shallow teeth. The flowers are 18 mm wide and violet or mauve-blue. They have broad petals and are spurred. The veins are darker and they are yellow in the centre.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

myrmecochory

Mature width (meter)

1.0

Mature height (meter)

1.5

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is frost hardy. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.

More

Mountain pastures.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use
Edible	flowers leaves
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It can be easily grown from the creeping rhizome.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	11 - 18
Germination temperacture (C°)	20 - 21
Germination luminosity	dark
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-