Viola tenuissima Chang

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, small, 5-7 cm tall. Rhizome short, densely covered with few scales. Stems greenish when dry, filiform, slender, glabrous. Basal leaf usually 1, long petiolate; stipules narrowly ovate, 2-2.5 mm, margin subentire or sometimes remotely and inconspicuously serrate; cauline leaf petiole linear, long, to 5 cm, slender; cauline leaf blade abaxially glaucous, adaxially green, cordate, 1-1.5 × 1-1.5 cm, both surfaces sparsely white puberulous or subglabrous, base deeply cordate, lateral auricular lobes rounded and often overlapping, margin remotely and large serrate, apex shortly or inconspicuously acuminate. Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils, yellow; pedicels filiform, 2-3.5 cm, slender, 2-bracteolate above middle; bracteoles linear, small. Sepals very narrow, linear, ca. 5 × 0.6-1 mm, basal auricles very short, glabrous, margin narrowly membranous, apex truncate. Upper petals oblong, ca. 1 × 0.3 cm, lateral ones not barbate, slightly longer than upper ones, anterior one narrowly obovate, ca. 1 cm × 4-7 mm, base purple striate; spur 3-5 mm, 1-1.5 mm in diam., apex small and obtuse. Ovary glabrous, red punctate; styles 2-2.5 mm, base geniculate, apex 2-lobed, lobes obtuse. Capsule subglobose, ca. 4 mm in diam., red punctate. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.07
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 -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Viola tenuissima world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:869385-1
WFO ID wfo-0001145240
COL ID 5BHP5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Viola tenuissima