Viola mucronulifera Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Violaceae > Viola

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, nearly acaulescent, or stem short, only ca. 1 cm. Rhizome long, slender; internodes remote. Stolon to 15 cm, slender, glabrous, producing numerous adventitious roots at nodes, top developing into a new plant. Leaves nearly basal or clustered on shortened stem; stipules adnate to petioles only at base, free part lanceolate, brown striate, margin long fimbriate-dentate; petioles subequaling blades, to 7 cm, glabrous; leaf blade abaxially gray-green, adaxially deep green, ovate-cordate or elliptic-cordate, 2-5 × 1.5-3 cm, both surfaces glabrous, abaxially often sparsely spinose along raised midvein, base narrowly cordate, margin serrate, 6-10-toothed on each side, teeth suborbicular, conspicuously spinose at apices, spines spreading or bending forward and often reddish glandular at apices, apex acute. Flowers white or purplish; pedicels subequaling or slightly shorter than leaves, 2-bracteolate above middle; bracteoles linear. Sepals lanceolate, ca. 5 × 1-1.2 mm, glabrous, margin narrowly membranous, basal auricles short, less than 1 mm, apex truncate, sparsely shallowly dentate. Petals obovate, upper ones subequaling lateral ones, ca. 1.3 × 0.5 cm, lateral ones glabrous, anterior one shorter, ca. 1.1 cm × ca. 3 mm (spur included); spur saccate, short, 2-2.5 mm, stout, 2-2.5 mm in diam.; spur of 2 anterior stamens acutangular, ca. 2 mm, subequaling anthers. Ovary oblong-globose, glabrous; styles clavate, base slightly geniculate, gradually thickened upward; stigmas slightly raised at apex, thickened and narrowly margined on lateral sides, inconspicuously beaked at apex, with a small stigma hole open upward at tip of beak. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 6 mm, glabrous. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.09
Root system adventitious-root 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 -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
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
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Viola mucronulifera world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:868727-1
WFO ID wfo-0001145173
COL ID 5BH73
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Viola mucronulifera Viola kwangtungensis Viola sikkimensis var. debilis