kingdom Plantae - plants » divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants » class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales » family Violaceae » tribus Violeae > genus Viola > Viola sect. Melanium Ging.
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Distributional Range: Native Europe SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (Pyrenees), Portugal, Spain (n.)
Habitat: Pastures or, in the SW of its area, humid places, with frequent protection of the bushes, in acidified soils, indifferent to the geological substrate 600-2000 m
Pyrenean-Cantabrian system in its broadest sense: from the French south and the Montseny, reaches the west of Cabeza de Manzaneda (Orense), Pena Trevinca and surroundings (Zamora), plus the Serra de Montesinho (Tràs-os-Montes)
References:
Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989-. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
Fernández Casado, A. 1984. Estudios sobre el género Viola L. en la península Ibérica I. Cariología. Fontqueria 5:30.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.