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Viola calcarata, Linn. (V. valderia, Huter). Rootstock producing filiform creeping branches: st. simple, 4 in. high: lvs. ovate, or the upper oblong to lanceolate, crenate; stipules nearly or quite pinnately divided: spur as long as the large violet corolla. Alpine region of Cent. Eu. G.W. 12:709. Gn. 62, p. 97.
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Viola gracilis, Sibth. & Smith (V. olympica, Boiss.). One of the V. calcarata group, and by some authors included in that species: entire plant hairy, internodes more or less elongated, 1 ft. high: lvs. oblong and narrowed to petiole, or broad-ovate to nearly rotund and abruptly contracted below, somewhat obtuse at apex, the margin crenate; stipules pinnately parted: fls. medium size, the petals violet or yellow; sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, shorter than petals; spur exceeding calyx appendages. Macedonia to Asia Minor.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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