Citation: Smith in Rees, Cyclop. 37, no. 7 (1817) subsp. betonicifolia.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Showy violet, purple violet.

Description:
Perennial herb with short erect stems; glabrous or slightly pubescent; stolons absent; leaves radical, crowded, oblong or lanceolate, with a cuneate base, obtuse; lamina very variable in length, 1-10 cm long or sometimes longer, 1-3 cm broad, entire or shallowly crenate; petiole 2-10 cm or more long; stipules adnate, linear, acute, entire or laciniate.

Flowers: Sept.-Jan.

Capsule ellipsoid, acute, 7-13 mm long; seeds ovoid, pale-brown, aril small.

	Viola betonicifolia
Image source: fig 452a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 502.

Distribution:    Qld (northern section); N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   New Guinea. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available