Family: Violaceae
Plant: A vigorous mat-forming perennial herb up to 10cm high.
Flowers: Violet with a white tip, 5-petalled, irregular violet-like flowers 1cm across on slender stems up to 10cm long. The anterior petal is ovate to broad elliptic, about1cm long and 6 - 8 mm wide with a large V-shaped green blotch at its base.
Flowering: January-December.
Fruit: Ovoid capsule, whitish or pale green often flecked with purple and 4-6mm long.
Leaves: Heart-shaped to circular 1-2cm diameter, 1 to 2 times wider than long, soft, toothed (hardly noticeable) and hairless. The leaves are tufted and basally arranged on slender stalks.
Habitat: Rainforest fringes and wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Kidney-shaped basal leaves, Violet-like flowers with petals having prominent white tips, the anterior petal having a large V-shaped blotch at its base.
Name:
Viola From Latin viola = violet.
banksii After Sir Joseph Banks who with Carl Solander collected the first specimen.
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Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
White, Violet |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, |
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10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
White, Green, Purple, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal, Tufted |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Round, Heart-shaped |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Toothed/Serrated |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Soft |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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