Family Index

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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

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

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