kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales »  family Violaceae »  tribus Violeae > genus Viola > Viola sect. Melanium  Ging. 

Viola albanica Halácsy

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Description: Perennial with thin, branched stems crawling in the rubble. Leaves crowded at the top of the stem, oblong-ovate to inverted-lanceolate, rounded at the top, 1.5–2.5 (–3) times longer than broad, gradually tapering to a shank shorter or at most as long as the blade. Crown reddish-pink, promontory 8–12 mm long. The fruit is a capsule. 

Distributional Range: Native Europe SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania,  Greece [North Pindos ]

Habitat: It grows on dry debris of Campanulion hawkinsianae Quézel 1967 and on other skeletal habitats, at serpentinites at an altitude of 1650–2500 m.  

Note: It has been described on Smolikas. It is related to Viola magellensis Porta et Rigo from Italy;  

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