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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Viola L.

VIOLA L., 1753

Fls solitary; sepals prolonged into appendages; petals irregular, the lower us. spurred; anthers subsessile, 2 lower often spurred; connective broad, produced. Ovary with 3 placentae; ovules ∞; style swollen in upper part; capsule with 3 elastic valves. Subcosmopolitan genus of about 400 spp.

Key

1
Stipules and bracts laciniate
1. filicaulis
Stipules and bracts entire
2
2
Lvs not cordate at base; stem very short
2. cunninghamii
Lvs distinctly cordate at base; stem elongate
3. Iyallii
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