Violet, Common dog
LATIN: Viola riviniana Rchb.
Violet, Common dog
Family : Violaceae
Flowering Cévennes: 4 - 5 . Light: sun or shade. . Moisture: average
Sample Cévenol GPS : 44°22.52' N 3°36.04' E
Status: Endemic; not under threat in this region
Habitat:
Violette de Rivin
Famille : Violaceae
Floraison Cévennes : 4 - 5 . Lumière: ensoleillé ou ombrage. . . Humidité: moyen
Exemple Cévenol GPS : 44°22.52' N 3°36.04' E
Statut : Endemique ; pas menacé dans ce région
Habitat :
Violette de Rivin
Viola riviniana
Violet, Common dog
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(modifié de Coste, Flore de la France 1937) :

Coste - voir V. reichenbachiana dont subsp.
Écologie : (répartition d'après la flore) Bois, haies, broussailes, sur sols plus ou moins acidifiés
Répartition hors de France :

Violet, Common dog plant

(modified from Butcher, British Flora 1961):
NOTE: the French text is more complete and up-to-date

A small, variable perennial herb with several decumbent, then erect, leafy flowering stems 2-18 cm long, and a small, central, barren, leafy rosette, all growing from a rather long, ± erect, woody stock.
Ecology UK: (distribution according to flora) It is common in woods and shady places throughout the British Isles.
France:
Distribution outside France: ?


Carte (c.2022) grâce à Tela Botanica

Information & Carte (c.2022) France/International grâce à INPN

Fleurs : pétales bleu-clair, à base blanche, se recouvrant partiellement par leur bord, éperon blanchâtre, tronqué et nettement sillonné au sommet, sommet du style quelques poils rares
Floraison France : Avril-mai

Violet, Common dog flower

Flowers: 15-25 mm diam.; petals violet, rather broad, with a rather stout, curved, furrowed or notched, pale spur.
Flowering UK: Early April-mid-June.

Feuilles : limbe plus longue que large. [feuilles à face supèrieure tantôt glabres, tantôt poilues, y compris sur les nervures].

Violet, Common dog leaf

Leaves: roundly cordate, about as broad as long, covered with small, appressed hairs; summer leaves much larger than spring ones; stipules fringed with rather short teeth; bracts above the middle of the glabrous flower stalks.

Fruit :

Violet, Common dog fruit

Fruit: Capsule 8-10 x 7-8 mm, erect, cylindrical-ovoid, acute, glabrous; sepal appendages large, accrescent; seed 2 x 1.5 mm, ovoid, smooth, pale yellow.