Viola hediniana W.Becker

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Rhizome procumbent or obliquely ascending, whitish, short, slightly robust, with numerous rootlets. Stems erect, 25-30 cm tall, slender, glabrous, usually simple, leafless in lower part. Basal leaves 1 or 2 or absent, long petiolate; lower cauline leaves shortly petiolate, upper one subsessile or sessile; stipules free, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, small, 3-5 mm, herbaceous, margin remotely dentate; leaf blade dark green adaxially, ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 3-7 × 1.5-2.5 cm, abaxially glabrous, adaxially sparsely puberulous or subglabrous, base shallowly cordate or rounded, margin crenate, apex long acuminate. Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils, yellow; pedicels erect, slightly shorter than leaves, slender, 2-bracteolate near middle; bracteoles subulate. Sepals linear, ca. 5 × 0.5-1 mm, apex acute, basal auricles very inconspicuous, apex truncate. Upper and lateral petals oblong, 8-12 × 3-4 mm, lateral ones inside not barbate, anterior one triangular-obovate, ca. 1.3 cm (spur included), base dark yellow; spur cylindric, 5-6 mm, 1.5-2 mm in diam.; spur of anterior stamens cylindric, 2-2.5 mm, slender. Ovary smooth, glabrous; styles slightly geniculate at base, conspicuously thickened upward, 2-lobed in upper half, lobes ovate, apex acute. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 6 mm, glabrous. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.3
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Viola hediniana world distribution map, present in China and India

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:868285-1
WFO ID wfo-0001145244
COL ID 7G459
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Viola hediniana