Viola stolonifera J. J. Rodr.

Spice In the field

Family: VIOLACEAE

Genus: Viola

Catalan common name: Viola. Violeta.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

IUCN Category: VUVulnerable

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitat: Humid soils of the south of Minorca.

Characteristics: A perennial stoloniferous herbaceous plant with leaves cordate and with long petioles, arranged in a basal rosette. Leaves are petiolate, very large and not at all coriaceous. The fruit is pubescent.