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Accession Data:

Viola hederacea Labill.

  • subg. Erpetion

  • Common Name: Australian Violet, Trailing Violet
  • Family: Violaceae Batsch.

  • Country of Origin: Australia - Victoria and Tasmania

  • Description: [syn. Erpetion reniforme Sweet]

    Stemless , tufted, stonloniferous herb; leaves reniform to spatulate, entire or toothed; petals blue varying to white, to 0.5 inches long, scarcely spurred.

  • USDA Zone: 8-9

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500193
  • Source: SCE/Logees
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1220 - AUS:East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-07-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Violaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Tasmania / Victoria

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortoriumm, 1976

data regenerated on Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:27:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Violaceae

  • Melicytus ramiflorus
  • Viola banksii
  • Viola delphiniifolia
  • Viola hederacea
  • Viola labradorica
  • Viola odorata
W/C = Wild Collected
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