Viola jaubertiana Marès et Vigineix

Spice Flowers In the field

Family: VIOLACEAE

Genus: Viola

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

Plants protected by law: Balearic Catalogue. Bern Convention. Habitat Directive.

IUCN Category: NTNear threatened

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Shady rock outcrops.

Characteristics: A perennial stoloniferous herbaceous plant, with leaves cordate and with long petioles, arranged in a basal rosette. Differs from the rest of the stoloniferous violets by its very pale green, shiny and coriaceous leaves. The flowers are odourless, blue with a cream coloured base in which a spur is present.