Viola selkirkii

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Viola selkirkii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Viola selkirkii, Pursh. A very distinct small species with pale violet beardless petals, the spur long and much enlarged toward the rounded end: glabrous except for minute spreading hairs on the upper surface of the lf .-blades: lvs. thin, ovate to nearly orbicular, deeply cordate with a narrow sinus, crenate: sepals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, usually acute; cleistogamous fls. erect or ascending. Shaded ravines and cold mountain forests, New Bruns. to Brit. Col., south in the Alleghanies to Pa. and in the Rocky Mts. to Colo., and north to Greenland; also in N. Eu. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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