Viola dacica Borbás

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inPlant families, Violaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Violaceae// Genus: Viola// Species: Viola dacica Borbás.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Valentine, Merxmüller and Schmidt in Tutin et al. (1968), Diklić in Josifović (1972) and Micevski (1995).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Central Europe to the Balkan Peninsula and Crimean Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Raab-Straube & Henning, 2018+).

Habitat:  Subalpine grasslands and pastures.

Flowering period: Late spring- summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.

Viola dacica – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola orphanidis – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower with calyx and spur. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower with calyx and spur. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower with calyx and spur. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower with calyx and spur. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower with calyx and spur. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – flower with calyx and spur. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – stems with leaves and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – stems with leaves and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – upper leaf and stipule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – upper leaf and stipule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – stems with middle leaves and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – stem with middle cauline leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – stem with middle cauline leaves and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – middle cauline leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – stem with lower cauline leaf and stipule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – stem with lower cauline leaves and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – stem with lower cauline leaf and stipule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola orphanidis – abaxial side of leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Viola dacica – abaxial side of leaf and stipule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Viola dacica. Raab-Straube, E. von & Henning, T. (2018+): Violaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/529aedd4-2808-4004-a735-232f1460ad3e [Accessed 17.04.2023].

Rod Viola L. Diklić, N. in Josifović, M. (1972). Flora SR Srbije III. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 129-164.

Viola L. Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 503 – 548.

Viola L. Valentine, D. H., Merxmüller, H. and Schmidt, A. Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 270 – 282.