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Viola hirta L.

HIGHER TAXON: Violaceae

GENUS: Viola L.

Viola hirta L. [1]
  
PLACES: -
  Europe
    Corsica (N) [1]; England (N) [1], Cornwall [1]
    Kent [1], Lancashire [1], Norfolk [1], Sussex [1]
    Yorkshire [1]; France (N) [1]; Germany (N) [1]
    Ireland (N) [1], Clare [1], Dublin [1], Laois [1]
    Limerick [1], Wexford [1]; Scotland (N) [1]
    Spain (N) [1]; Wales (N) [1], Glamorgan [1]
  
HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk grassland [1], Chalk scrub [1], Rocky places [13]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 20 [1]
  Data reviewed?: not reviewed
  Flower colour: blue [1], violet [1]
  Habit: Herb [1]
  Hairiness: Hairy [1]
  Height: 0-10cm [1]
  Leaf arrangement: alternate [1]
  Leaf shape: simple [1]
  Life form (Raunkier): Hemicryptophyte - rosette [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [1]
  Month of flowering: april [1], may [1]
  Native: Native [1]
  Pollinating agent: bee [1], fly [1], insect - other [1]
  Present in my garden: no

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]
  
USES: -
  
VERNACULAR:
Hairy Violet [1]
  
NOTES:
  Ssp. calcarea (Bab.)E.Warb. differs in being smaller in most parts [14]

DATA SOURCES:

1.

  Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
    Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

13.

  Rose,F.,1981
    The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

14.

  Stace,C.A.,1991
    A New Flora of the British Isles, Cambridge.

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