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Viola odorata   (Sweet Violet)


Viola odorata  (VIOLACEAE.) 
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Profile Date Nov-2007 (taxon update: none)
Citation for this page Mifsud, S. (2022). Viola odorata - datasheet created on Nov-2007. Retrieved from MaltaWildPlants.com on 19-Mar-2024

Nomenclature and Basic Information

Species name :

Viola odorataL.
Published in Sp. Pl. : 934 (1753)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Viola stolonifera J.J.Rodr.
Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life] [Worldplants.de]

Plant Family :

Violaceae Batsch. (The Violet Family)
1 species from the Violaceae family is recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Sweet Violet, English Violet, Garden Violet

Maltese name(s) :

Vjola

Status for Malta :

Doubtful origin. It is not yet established if this species is native or not.

Frequency :

Very Common     Common    Frequent     Scarce     Rare    Very rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE ( prostate plants with flowers close to the ground )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection :

Not legally protected till the last update of this website (2/Mar/2022)

Red List (1989) :

Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.)

Flowering Time :

February – April

Colour of Flowers:

Violet

Toxicity:

Not particularly toxic

Name Derivation :

Viola:
odorata: Fragrant, having a pleasant scent. (Latin origin )

Planting in rural areas :

Can be planted in rural areas according to ERA Guidelines


Description, Habitat and Distribution
Habitat in Europe: Data will be available in the next update of this website.
Preferred habitat in Malta: Shallow valley beds
Botanical Description: Perennial 5-15 cm, with leaf-rosette and long, procumbent, rooting stolons. Leaves orbicular-reniform, deeply cordate, widest at about the middle; petiole long. Stipules ovate, glabrous or sparsely ciliate, shortly glandular-fimbriate. Bracts at or above middle of peduncle. Flowers c. 1.5 cm, dark violet or white, fragrant. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Spur c. 6 mm, exceeding calycine appendages. Stigmatic beak vertical, its length equalling diameter of style. Capsule pubescent.
Chromosome number: 2n=20
Distributional range: Europe, except the extreme north and parts of the Mediterranean region.

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):
All except the Balaeric Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Russia and former USSR, Svalbard archipelago, Doubtful in Turkey (European part)
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
  Country codes  
? Ab(A N) AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au dAu(A L) Be(B L) BH ?Bl(N) Br Bu By Ca(C G P T) Cg Co Cr Ct Cy Ga(F) Ge Gg(A D G) Gr Hb(E N) He Ho Hs Hu Ir It Jo Le Lu Ma Md(M) Mk Mo Po Rf(C CS E S) Rm Sa Si(M S) ?Sk Sl Sr Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [nAz(F G J L M P S T) Bl(I M) nCs nDa Es nFe Hs(A S) La Lt nNo dPo Rf(K NW) cSi(S) Sk nSu]

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Species Images (13 images)
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-0.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-1.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-2.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-3.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-4.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-5.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-6.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-7.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-8.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-9.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-10.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-11.
   Viola odorata   -   Image Code: VIOOD-12.

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