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

Viola striis-notata (J. Wagner) Merxm. & Lippert

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Synon.:  Viola cenisia var. striis-notata J. Wagner; Viola grisebachiana f. integrifolia Stojanoff

Description: Herbaceous perennial plant with thin shoots. Leaves  circular, margin entire. The flowers appear almost at the ground level and the corolla is pink-violet or light blue-violet.

Distributional Range: Native Europe SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece [North Central Greece, Olympus]

Habitat: Endemic of Mt. Olympus at altitudes of 2400 - 2900 m

References:

• Raus, Th. 1986: Viola L. Pp. 608-640. In Strid, A. (ed.), Mountain Flora of Greece, 1. – Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.