kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales »  family Violaceae »  tribus Violeae > genus Viola > Viola sect. Plagiostigma Godr.  > Viola subsect. Memorabiles W. Becker 

Viola kusnezowiana W. Becker 

• Фиалка Кузнецова 

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Distributional Range: Native Asia-Temperate RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Primorye, Amur]

Description: Stem absent. Rhizome thin, creeping, branched roots. Basal leaves on long petioles , glabrous or slightly pubescent on top, broad-kidney-shaped, with a notched-town edge. Stipules are membranous. Flowers of irregular shape, up to 1 cm long. Petals pale yellow, lateral bearded, lower shortened. Spur is very short. Pistil column thickened in the middle, to the apex and at the base, refined. The fruit is a naked conical box. It blooms from June to July, bears fruit from July to August.

Habitat: A rare species found in the Amur Region and Khabarovsk Territory. It grows along river banks, in coniferous forests .

References:

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

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