Viola cretica
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Viola cretica is a species of the violet genus( Viola ).
features
Viola cretica is a perennial rosette hemicryptophyte that reaches heights of 5 to 15 centimeters. The leaves are pointed, egg-shaped and wire-haired. The stipules are four to eight times as long as they are wide, linear-lanceolate and long fringed. The crown is colored purple. The lower petal is 12 to 15 millimeters long. The spur is 3 millimeters long. The lateral petals are beardless.
The flowering period extends from March to May.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20.
Occurrence
Viola cretica is endemic to Crete . It occurs in forests, on stony pastures, on river beds and at springs at altitudes of 800 to 1800 meters (rarely more than 100 meters).
Systematics
There are two subspecies :
- Viola cretica subsp. cretica : the plant is hairy. The capsule and the edge of the sepals are hairy. The subspecies occurs in the Lefka Ori , the Ida Mountains and the Dikti Mountains .
- Viola cretica subsp. glabra Tinakou : The plant is bald or only absent- mindedly short-haired. The sepals and the capsule are bare. The subspecies occurs in the Ida Mountains and in the Dikti Mountains.
supporting documents
- Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 196 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Viola cretica at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis