PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / MALPIGHIALES / VIOLACEAE / VIOLOIDEAE / VIOLEAE / VIOLA / ARVENSIS
Annual herb, up to 0.3 m high. Leaves oblong-spathulate, up to 50 mm long, pubescent both sides, apex acute or obtuse, margins crenate; petioles with deflexed hairs, up to 7 mm long; stipules 0.50-0.75X as long as leaf, coarsely pinnatifid. Flowers with bracts in upper 1/3 of peduncle, axillary. Sepals lanceolate, subequal. Petals yellow to bluish violet, up to 15 mm long; spur equaling calycine appendages. Stamens with very short, free filaments; anthers with nectariferous appendages, petaloid. Ovary unilocular with 3 parietal placentas, stigma terminal. Flowering time Oct.-Dec. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule. Seeds globose, pointed below and above. From: Madlokazi, N. 2019. Violaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 1594-1595. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Forests, mountains; Indigenous Forests. From: Madlokazi, N. 2019. Violaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 1594-1595. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
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| heartsease | English | Madlokazi, N. 2019. Violaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 1594-1595. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. | |
| pansy | English | Madlokazi, N. 2019. Violaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 1594-1595. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Malpighiales
FAMILY Violaceae
SUBFAMILY Violoideae
TRIBE Violeae
GENUS Viola
SPECIES arvensis
11 results for Viola arvensis Murray
Barcode: NBG1479689-0 Collector(s) & number: Jordaan, PG, s.n.(STEU26362) | 1944-9-19
South Africa, Western Cape, Stellenbosch. Onkruid in tuin.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0784388-0 Collector(s) & number: Phillipson, PB, 984 | 1984-12-17
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Amatole Mountains near Gaika's Kop. at foot of mountain, on south side.Near lookout hut.
General notes: ex University of Fort Hare
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0810103-0 Collector(s) & number: Kerfoot, O, K 5389 | 1965-8-
South Africa, Western Cape, Stellenbosch District: Jonkershoek; Tierkloof.
General notes: Det: C.L. Bredenkamp
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0023140-0 Collector(s) & number: Borchardt, EJ, (356) 1016 | 1936-4-22
South Africa, Western Cape, Stellenbosch District: Jonkershoek; Langrivier. Beside footpath.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0494184-0 Collector(s) & number: Dahlstrand, KA, 1539 | 1968-10-17
South Africa, Eastern Cape, HOGSBACK FOR. RES.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2019
SERIES CHAPTER
Violaceae Madlokazi, NIn: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2)1594-1595
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
No results found for Viola arvensis Murray
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