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 isaurica Contandr. & Quézel

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Common names: Balkusan menekşesi 

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Description: Distinguished from V.sandrasea Melchior by its thick, much branched caudiculi, many stems clothed with old indurate leaves and petioles, very numerous fimbriate-glandular stipules, flowers 15 mm, and sepals lanceolate-attenuate with calcareous apex. 

Endemic to the type locality. E. Medit. element.

Distributional Range: Native Asia-Temperate WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (Karaman province, Balkusan valley )

Habitat:  Calcareous rocks

References: 

1. Dinc, M. & S. Yildirimli. 2002. A new species of Viola (Violaceae) from Turkey. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 138:486.