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Teesdale Violet

Viola rupestris F. W. Schmidt

Description

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Herbs perennial, caulescent, 5-10 cm tall, puberulous throughout, rarely sparsely puberulous or glabrous. Rhizome erect, deep brown, short, robust, with nodes and scales; tap root robust, long; roots brown, much branched in lower part; rootlets long, slender. Stems many, fasciculate, obliquely ascending or erect, longitudinally angled. Basal leaves rosulate, long petiolate; cauline leaves similar to basal ones; stipules of basal leaves usually sparsely arranged, lanceolate, fimbriate-dentate, those of cauline leaves free, ovate to lanceolate, 3-7 × 0.8-2.5 mm, margin fimbriate-serrate or sparsely emarginate-serrate, teeth with brown glandular dots at apices, apex acuminate; petiole slender, weak, narrowly winged only in upper part, middle ones much longer than blades, upper ones ca. as long as blades; blade orbicular or ovate-orbicular, 0.8-1.7 × 0.7-1.8 cm, both surfaces puberulous, with brown glandular dots when dry, base shallowly cordate, margin regularly crenate, apex obtuse. Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils purple or purplish; pedicels much exceeding leaves, 2.5-6 cm, slender, sparsely puberulous, 2-bracteolate above middle; bracteoles subulate or linear, 4-6 mm, fimbriate-dentate at middle and lower parts. Sepals broadly lanceolate or lanceolate, 4-7.5 × 1-2.5 mm, 3-veined, with dense brown glandular dots, apex acute, basal auricles square, shorter, 0.5-1.5 mm, with 2 or 3 obtuse teeth at apex. Petals narrowly oblong-ovate, veins deeply colored, lateral petals 0.8-1 × ca. 4 mm, distinctly bearded, upper ones subequaling lateral ones, anterior one shorter, 1.3-1.4 cm (spur included), with dense brown glandular dots; spur cylindric, 3-4 mm, ca. 2 mm in diam., apex rounded, horizontally straight or slightly curved upward. Anthers ca. 1.3 mm, connective appendages ca. 0.7 mm; 2 anterior stamens ca. 3 mm, spur broadly triangular, ca. 2.5 × 0.8 mm. Ovary deep brown, ovoid, styles clavate, evenly thick, slightly narrower only at base, slightly geniculate forward at base, curved forward at tip and beaked, conspicuously papillose abaxially and on lateral sides of beak; beak horizontal, mouth slightly curved upward, with a larger stigma hole. Capsule oblong, 5-7 mm, 3-4 mm in diam., with remains of styles at apex, puberulous or glabrous.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 75, 81 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Perennial, pubescent or subglabrous, upto 10 cm high herb. Roots cylindric, branched. Stem absent or weak, base of stem covered with remains of leaves. Leaves 0.5-0.3 x 0.5-2.5 cm, orbicular or ovate rounded, cordate or notched at base, obtusish, crenate, hairy, with reddish-brown colour glands, petiolate, petiole of basal rosette upto 2.5 cm, 0.5-1.0 cm of upper leave petioles. Stipules 0.2-1.5 x 0.1-02 cm, lanceolate, acuminate, fimbriate to dentate-ciliate, slightly adnate. Peduncle mostly hairy, upto 4.0 cm long; bracteoles 2, opposite or subopposite, above the middle of the peduncle, acute to acuminate, setaceous. Flowers small, 1.0-1.5 cm long, violet. Sepals 5.0-8.0 x 1.0-2.0 cm, lanceolate-ovate, acute, slightly pubescent, entire-subentire. Petals obovate, obtuse, cuneate, entire, lateral bearded, lower slightly small. Spur prominent, small c. 3-4 mm long, straight, obtuse. Ovary ovate, 2.0 x 1.0 mm, glabrous; style 2.5 x 0.5 mm, papillose at summit; stigma beaked pointing upward. Capsule sub-glabrous, c. 7.0 mm long.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 16 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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Distribution

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SE Gansu, S Shaanxi, S Shanxi, Xinjiang [Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, N Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan; SW Asia (Caucasus), Europe].
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 75, 81 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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Distribution: Eurasia. Most of Europe, Asia minor, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 16 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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Flower/Fruit

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Fl. Per.: May-July.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 16 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Habitat

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Forests, grassy slopes, meadows in river valleys, sandy grasslands; 1000-2500(-4000) m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 75, 81 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Viola rupestris

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Viola rupestris is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Violaceae.[1]

It is native to Temperate Eurasia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Viola rupestris F.W.Schmidt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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Viola rupestris: Brief Summary

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Viola rupestris is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Violaceae.

It is native to Temperate Eurasia.

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