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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Family: Violaceae
Viola odorata

Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 934 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Sweet violet, common violet.

Description:
Perennial herb with short erect stems and slender stolons; sparsely pubescent; leaves on long slender petioles, cauline, ovate-orbicular to broadly ovate, deeply caudate at the base, lamina 2-5 cm long, sometimes longer, pubescent, margin crenulate; stipules ovate-lanceolate, fimbriate, entire, connate at the base.

Flowers on long peduncles, bracteoles above the middle; sepals elliptic or ovate, obtuse, 5-6 mm long; petals 12-17 mm long, violet, white, rarely magenta, anterior petal prominently spurred.

Capsule pubescent; seeds white, numerous on each capsular valve.

Published illustration: Ross-Craig (1950) Drawings Brit. Pl. 4:t. 7.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EA, NL, SL, SE.   naturalised in N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Conservation status: naturalised

Flowering time: May — Sept.


SA Distribution Map based
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State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: Cleistogamous flowers with much-reduced petals and short peduncles are common.

Author: Not yet available


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