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

Viola ambigua Waldst. & Kit.

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Common names: Фиалка сомнительная 

Synon.: Viola hirta subsp. ambigua (W. & K.) Rouy & Fouc; Viola campestris Bieb.; Viola ambigua subsp. campestris (Bieb.) Gams

Distributional Range:

• Asia-Temperate 

  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar]

• Europe 

  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany (possibly), Hungary

  • EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine 

  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Romania

Habitat: It grows along the banks of rivers and streams, on rocky areas, meadows and in the steppes 

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.

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