Viola gracilis

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Viola gracilis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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