Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 16 (1852)
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
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Nomenclature
Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1852
16
ICN
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
species
Viola cunninghamii
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Descriptions
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Small glab. tufted herb up to 15 cm. tall, with deeply descending main root; stock short, often multicipital, sts woody. Lvs on slender, flattened, ± pilose petioles (5 mm.)-1-2-5-(10) cm. long. Stipules adnate at base, ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, up to 1·5 cm. long. Lamina 1-3 × 1-2.5 cm., broad-ovate to deltoid, crenulate, cuneately narrowed to base or sts truncate. Fls 1-2 cm. diam., on very slender peduncles 5-10- (15) cm. long: bracts below or above middle, filiform to linear, 3-5 mm. long. Sepals narrow- to broad-oblong; petals white, streaked with lilac and yellow lines, lateral ± fimbriate. Capsule 7-10 mm. long; seeds pale, 1-1·5 mm. diam.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
2n = 48
n = 24
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Taprooted perennial; rootstock often multicipital; stems 0. Lvs all rosulate, glabrous or sparsely hairy on margins and veins, (0.5)-1-3 × (0.5)-1-2.5 cm, broadly ovate to deltoid, cuneate or truncate at base, obtuse, with (3)-5-10 very shallow crenations each side; stipules linear, entire or glandular-toothed, 5-(10) mm long; petiole glabrous to pilose, (1)-2-10-(25) cm long. Peduncles erect, glabrous to pilose; bracts short, linear, entire. Fls (0.5)-1-2 cm diam. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 3-5 mm long; appendages 0.5-0.8 mm long. Petals white with purple veins, > sepals, the lateral bearded; spur broad, slightly > sepal appendages. Style geniculate at base, 1.5-2 mm long; stigma subcapitate. Capsule ellipsoid, glabrous, 5-10 mm long. Seeds obovoid, dark olive-green, 1.5 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii var. gracilis Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
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10 April 2007