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Scientific Name
Viola cleistogamoides
Family Name
VIOLACEAE
Common Name
Cryptic Violet
Status
Height
Flowers
Variable. Usually white with a purple or mauve centre, but also all purple or rarely all white. Flower stalks held up above the leaves.
Fruit
Capsule
Form
Small rosette herb with long-stalked, rounded leaves from 5-15mm long.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Common in a range of habitats, from sea level to mountains.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Spreads by stolons, easily grown by division. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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May
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Jul
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
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Jul
Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
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Feb
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Apr
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Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Small seeds turn from cream to dark maroon or pale brown when ripe. Dry and sieve to clean.
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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