Il Genere Viola - Viola stocksii Boiss.

Viola stocksii Boiss.

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

Viola stocksii Boiss.

Synonims: Viola cinerea var. stocksii (Boiss.) W. Becker ; Viola cinerea subsp. kathiavrensis W. Becker; Viola cinerea* auct. non Boiss.: Hook. f. & Thorns.; Viola nubica Hutch.; Viola etbaica Schweinf.

Description: Small annual, glabrous to glaucous herb, upto 35 cm high. Roots simple, unbranched; stem simple often branched from base, branches spreading. Leaves opposite, 1.5-5.5 x 1-2.0 cm; ovate to spathulate, often winged to the base, mucronulate-obtuse, stipulate, stipules linear-lanceolate, 3.0-9.0 x 1-2 mm, setaceous, acuminate, lower 2-3-fid; peduncle glabrous, upto 3.5 cm long; bracteoles 2, opposite, near the summit of peduncle, 24.0 x 1-2 mm, setaceous, acuminate, entire. Flowers small, 2-5 mm long, bluish-white with blue stripes; sepals 2-5 x 1-2 mm; lanceolate, entire, acuminate, membranous, petals 5;4 equal in size, 3.0-6.5 x 2-4 mm, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, striated; lateral longer, 3.0-7.5 x 3.0-5 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, entire; spur small, c. 1-2 mm long, straight, obtusish. Ovary 1-2 mm. long; ovate, glabrous, style capitate, 1.0-1.75 mm long. Capsule glabrous, elliptic to lanceolate, 3.0-7.0 mm long, mostly 12-seeded; seeds obovoid, smooth, shiny, creamish brown.

Distributional Range: Native Africa NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt (s.e.) NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Somalia, Sudan (n.e.) Asia-Temperate WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran Asia-Tropical INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan] Pakistan

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References:

Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: = Viola stocksii Boiss.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.

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