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

Viola parvula Tineo

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Description: Dwarf plant, densely woolly. Stipules deeply lobed; lower leaves rounded oblanceolate  ± entire margin; upper leaves oblanceolate-spatulate. Enlarged sepals; corolla 0.5 cm, whitish; very small spur, shorter than the appendages of the chalix.

Distributional Range:

• Asia-Temperate 

  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

  • CAUCASUS: Armenia (possibly)

• Europe 

  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sicily)

  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, [Corse] Portugal, Spain (c.)

Habitat: Stony slopes, subalpine meadows, meadows. 1200 - 2500 m.

References:

1. Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989-. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares. Note: lists as Viola kitaibeliana Schult.

2. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.

3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.

4. Fernández Casado, A. 1984. Estudios sobre el género Viola L. en la península Ibérica I. Cariología. Fontqueria 5:29.

5. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.

6. Meikle, R. D. 1977-1985. Flora of Cyprus.

7. Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.

8. Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.

9. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea..