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Viola lutea Huds.

Mountain Pansy

Violaceae

Traits


    10–30 cm tall. flowers: yellowish. petals: the 3 uppers mostly pointing upwards. spur: up to 0.5‑times as long as the petals. styli: capitate, 1‑lipped, lip at least 15 % as long as the capitula. fruits: capsules. runners: underground, short. leaves: lanceolate to ov...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Viola lutea

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Ecology

Viola lutea

Viola lutea

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths, screes, rocky habitats, ruderal vegetation

  • in dry, heavy metal containing habitats

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