kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales »  family Violaceae »  tribus Violeae > genus Viola > Viola sect. Erpetion  (Sweet) Benth. & Hook f.  

Viola sieberiana Spreng. - Tiny Violet

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Synonyms: Viola hederacea var. sieberiana (Spreng.) Domin; Viola hederacea subsp. sieberiana (Spreng.) L. G. Adams; Viola hederacea subsp. seppeltiana L. G. Adams; Viola sieberi Hook; Viola hederacea var. sieberi (Hook.) W. Becker non (Hook.) Hook. f.; Viola hederacea var. sieberi  (Hook.) Hook. f.; Viola spathulata Sieber ex Spreng. non Willd. ; Viola spathulata  Sieber ex Hook. f. non Willd.; Erpetion spathulatum G. Don; 

Distributional Range: Native Australasia AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Victoria]; Tasmania

Habitat:  Found on Kangaroo Island, Mount Lofty Ranges and the lower South-east in South Australia, growing in moist and shady areas. Also found in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. However, Victorian plants previously assigned to Viola sieberiana are now referable to V. hederacea subsp. seppeltiana, V. fuscoviolacea or V. cleistogamoides. Creeping perennial, forming rosettes at nodes; leaves gray-green; flowers pale mauve to white.  Eucalyptus fastigiata- E. fraxinoides forest: frequent in disturbed soil of track. Mostly at low altitude but to ca 900 m on the Mt William Range. 

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 

Sieberiana named after Franz Wilhelm Sieber (1789-1844), a Bohemian botanist and collector who traveled to Europe, the Middle East, South Africa and Australia. 

References:

1. Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Viola. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne. 

2. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.