Category: Viola

Viola cinerea Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1 1: 7 1843. (syn: Viola behboudiana Rech.f. & Esfand.; Viola makranica Omer & Qaiser); . Iran (S-Iran), Oman (Mascat & Oman, Dhofar), Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sind) as per CoL; . Viola Species : Oman : 13JUL21 : AK-03: 3 images. Recently I came across a Viola Species posted on FOI. Although […]

Viola cinerea var. stocksii (Boiss.) Beck., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36: 36 1918 (syn: Viola etbaica Schweinf.; Viola nubica Hutchinson; Viola somalensis Engl.; Viola stocksii Boiss.); . Afghanistan (Paktia / Khost), Saudi Arabia, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Socotra, Egypt (SE-Egypt), Iran (EC-Iran), India (Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat), Pakistan (Baluchistan, Karachi, Sind, Waziristan, Kurram, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab), Pakistani Kashmir (Mirpur) […]

Viola elatior Fries, Novit. Fl. Svec. ed. 2: 277 1828. (Syn: Viola canina var. montana (L.) Fr.; Viola danubialis Borbás; Viola erecta Gilib.; Viola fedtschenkoana W.Becker; Viola hornemanniana Schult.; Viola montana DC.; Viola montana L.; Viola persicifolia Schreb.; Viola procera Pall. ex Ledeb.; Viola stipulacea Hartm.; Viola subpubescens Borbás); . Europe to Xinjiang and W. Himalaya: Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, […]

Viola reichenbachiana Jord. ex Boreau, Fl. Centre France ed. 3, 2: 78 1857. (syn: Viola arenicola Chabert; Viola bertoti Souche; Viola canina Cham. & Schlechl.; Viola degener Schweigg. ex Mert. & Koch; Viola ericetorum Schrad. ex Link; Viola flavicornis E. Forst. ex Nym.; Viola formosa Vukot.; Viola idaea Gand.; Viola leucocentra Pinkw.; Viola maculata Giraudias; Viola neglecta Bieb.; Viola nemoralis Jord.; Viola reichenbachiana var. punctata (Rouy & Foucaud) P. D. Sell; Viola sylvestris Lam.; Viola sylvestris subvar punctata Rouy & Foucaud; Viola sylvestris Lam.; Viola sylvestris subvar punctata Rouy & Foucaud; Viola vicina Martr.; Viola vulgaris Rupr.; Viola wettsteinii Richt.) ?; Albania, Austria, Belgium, […]

Viola sororia Willd., Hort. Berol. 1(6): pl. 72 1806. (syn: Viola alachuana Murrill; Viola allardii Greene; Viola chalcosperma Brainerd; Viola communis Pollard; Viola cucullata var. alba Torr. & A.Gray; Viola cucullata var. sororia (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray; Viola cuspidata Greene; Viola domestica E.P.Bicknell; Viola domestica f. alba Farw.; Viola domestica var. communis Farw.; Viola familiaris […]

Viola banksii K.R.Thiele & Prober, Muelleria 18: 15 2003.; Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) as per Catalogue of Life;         Plant for ID-PC-34-26.08.2015 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) please identify another plant from the same place. cant see the flowers very clearly entirely but this reminds of one of […]

Viola kunawurensis Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 75, pl. 18, f. 3 1834. (syn: Viola gmeliniana var. glabra Regel & Herd. (ambiguous synonym); Viola kunawarensis var. angustifolia W. Becker; Viola kunawarensis f. longifolia Ching J. Wang; Viola thianschanica Maxim.); Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, China (Gansu, Qinghai, NW-Sichuan, Xinjiang), Tibet, Pakistan (Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir […]

Viola wallichiana Ging., Prodr. 1: 300 1824. (syn: Viola reniformis Wall.; Viola wallichiana subsp. brevicornis W.Becker ex Limpricht); C-Nepal to Bhutan, India (West Bengal), Sikkim, Tibet as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Trailing Violet Keys as per Flora of China : 9 (7) Spur short, 1-2.5 mm.   87 V. biflora + Spur longer, […]

Viola hamiltoniana D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 206 1825.  (syn: Viola alata W.Becker (ambiguous synonym); Viola herbivaga Ridl.; Viola lunata Ridl.; Viola metziana Hohen. ex Hook.fil.; Viola notoniana Wall.; Viola repens Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Viola serpens var. hamiltoniana (D.Don) Hook.fil. & Thoms. ex Boissieu; Viola toppingii Elmer); India (Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, […]

Viola philippica Cav. (syn: Viola alisoviana Kiss; Viola alisoviana f. candida (Kitag.) Takenouchi; Viola alisoviana f. intermedia (Kitag.) Takenouchi; Viola patrinii var. chinensis Gingins (ambiguous synonym); Viola patrinii var. gmeliniana Miquel (ambiguous synonym); Viola philippica f. candida (Kitag.) Kitag.; Viola philippica f. intermedia (Kitag.) Kitag. (ambiguous synonym); Viola philippica subsp. malesica W.Becker; Viola philippica subsp. […]

Viola diffusa Ging., Prodr. 1: 298 1824. (syn: Viola diffusa var. brevibarbata Ching J. Wang; Viola diffusa var. brevisepala W. Becker; Viola diffusa var. glabella H. Boissieu; Viola diffusa var. glaberrima W. Becker; Viola diffusa subsp. tenuis W. Becker; Viola diffusa var. tomentosa W. Becker;  Viola diffusoides Ching J. Wang; Viola fargesii Boissieu; Viola kiusiana Makino; Viola […]

Viola bulbosa subsp. tuberifera (Franch.) W.Becker, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 418–419 1917. (syn: Viola bulbosa var. franchetii H.Boissieu; Viola hookeri Franch. (ambiguous synonym); Viola multistolonifera Ching J.Wang; Viola tuberifera Franch.; Viola tuberifera var. brevipedicellata S.Y.Chen; Viola tuberifera var. pseudopalustris H.Lév.);     China (Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India (Himachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of […]

Viola philippica Cav., Icon. 6: 19 1800. (syn: Viola alisoviana Kiss; Viola alisoviana f. candida (Kitag.) Takenouchi; Viola alisoviana f. intermedia (Kitag.) Takenouchi; Viola edanoii W. Becker; Viola patrinii var. chinensis Gingins; Viola patrinii var. gmeliniana Miquel; Viola philippica f. candida (Kitag.) Kitag.; Viola philippica f. intermedia (Kitag.) Kitag.; Viola philippica subsp. malesica W. Becker; […]

Viola odorata ?;   Viola odorata L. ?? : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Sharing some pictures In guess is Viola odorata L. shot at Godawari Botanical Garden, Nepal on 8 March, 2013 at 5000 ft. You did not say if you thought this was being cultivated in the botanical garden? This species has not been […]

Viola riviniana Rchb., Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 1: 81 1823. (syn: Viola riviniana var. minor (Murbeck ex E.S. Gregory) Valentine; Viola riviniana f. prolifera Valentine; Viola riviniana f. sobolifera Valentine; Viola sylvestris Lam.; Viola sylvestris subsp. riviniana (Rchb.) W.D.J. Koch) ?; . Plant for ID :: Zurich, CH :: EU-ARKOCT18 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (8) […]

Viola hederacea Labill., Pl. Nov. Holl. 1: 66 1805.; Viola hederacea is a species of violet which is native to Australia. It is common and widespread in Victoria and Tasmania, along the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales north at least to the Barrington Tops area, in the far south-east of South Australia, and […]

Viola indica W.Becker, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 20(2): 126 1906. ; . Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya), Pakistan (Chitral, Hazara) as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Indian Violet • Hindi: बनफ़्शा Banafsha • Manipuri: Amo • Nepali: घट्टे घाँस Ghatte ghans . Perennial herb, stoloniferous, about 5-12 cm […]

Viola canescens ?; , Viola sp./ABFEB11 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) This Violet is smaller that the other Viola (canescens?) we get. It’s markedly whiter with less pale centre and the top petals are more horizontal. Leaves are the same shape and are beautifully symmetrical with tiny hair. Please advise. Viola sp. Above […]

Viola ×wittrockiana Gams, G. Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 1:616. 1925 (Syn: (=) Viola ×hortensis auct.; (=) Viola tricolor hort.); . Flora of Madhya Pradesh : Viola x wittrockiana from Khajuraho Temples: Viola x wittrockiana from Khajuraho Temples . SK 3392 07 April 2022: 4 very high res. images. Location: Royal Garden Hyde Park , London  […]