Saturday, 2 April 2022

Viola riviniana 里文堇菜

Common name: Common Dog-violet
Scientific name: Viola riviniana 里文堇菜
Genus: Viola 堇菜屬
Family: Violaceae 堇菜科, violet family

Origin: native

Date:  1st April


Stipule are shorter than the glabrous petiole.

Stipule is entire (vs leaf-like in other Viola spp.), narrow and fringed.

cordate leaf

flower bud

Spur is white or yellowish, paler than petals; sepal lobes (sepal-appendages) are more than 1.5 mm

Note the spur is notched at tip.

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