Family: Violaceae
Viola sieberiana
Citation:
Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 4:cur. post. 96 (1827).
Synonymy: Erpetion spathulatum Don, Gen. Hist. 1:335 (1831); V. sieberi Hook., Compan. Bot. Mag. 1:274 (1836); V. hederacea Labill. var. sieberi (Hook.)Becker, Beih. Bot. Centralblatt 34, 2:266 (1917); V. hederacea Labill. var. sieberiana (Sprengel)Domin, Biblthca Bot. 89:982 (1928); V. hederacea subsp. sieberiana (Sprengel)L. Adams, Fl. Aust. 8:387 (1982), syn. nov., V. hederacea Labill. Subsp. seppeltiana L. Adams, Fl. Aust. 8:387 (1982), syn. nov.
Common name: Tiny violet.
Description:
Perennial stoloniferous herb; glabrous or sparsely pubescent; stems short, erect; leaves tufted, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, lamina broadly ovate to ovate-rhomboid; margins with a few coarse glandular teeth, tapering into the petiole; petioles 1-3 cm long, sometimes longer; stipules linear-lanceolate, 2-3 mm long, glandular-denticulate.
Peduncles 3-5 cm long, glabrous; bracteoles near the middle; sepals lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 mm long, green, glabrous, slightly produced at the base; petals twice the length of the sepals, a pale to dark blue-violet, concolorous; lateral petals glabrous or weakly pubescent inside; style geniculate near the base, suberect and slightly curved above, terete; anther cells 1-2 mm long.
Capsule ovoid, 4-5 mm long; seeds ovoid, 1-2 mm long, mottled reddish-brown to black.
| Viola sieberiana
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Image source: fig 452d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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| Viola sieberiana leaf variation.
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Image source: fig 453a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI, SE. Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Aug. — Dec.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
The placement of Viola sieberiana as a subspecies of V. hederacea by Adams in the Flora of Australia is not supported by cytological, morphological or biochemical evidence.
Author:
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