Viola kitaibeliana Schult.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inPlant families, Violaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Violaceae// Genus: Viola// Species: Viola kitaibeliana Schult.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995).

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Canary Islands, France, South Europe, Central Europe to Iran and Turkmenistan, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat:  Grasslands/ pastures, rocky terrains, river gorges, disturbed ground.

Flowering period: Spring: MAR, APR,MAY.

Viola kitaibeliana – habit. Kochani, 02.04.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit. Kochani, 02.04.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit. Kochani, 19.03.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit. Kochani, 19.03.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit. Kochani, 19.03.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit. Kochani, 19.03.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – flower. Kochani, 19.03.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit in habitat. Gorge of ‘Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit. Gorge of ‘Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit in habitat. Gorge of ‘Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit in habitat. Gorge of ‘Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit. Gorge of ‘Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit. Gorge of ‘Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – habit at the start of flowering. Gorge of ‘Kochanska” River, 13.03.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – flower. Gorge of ‘Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola kitaibeliana – flower. Gorge of ‘Kochanska” River, 13.03.2021. Photo taken by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Viola kitaibeliana Schult. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:868446-1 [Accessed 18.01.2022].