Viola betonicifolia
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.
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Image source: fig 452a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 502.
Distribution:
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Qld (northern section); N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. New Guinea.
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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
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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