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Viola stipularis

Viola stipularis
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Violaceae (Violet family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Costa Rica to Venezuela and Peru, Lesser Antilles
Climate
wet tropical

About

Viola stipularis, is a species of violet that grows in southern Central America, some Caribbean islands and northern South America; from Costa Rica and Guadeloupe south to Peru.

Where it grows

Costa Rica, Panama, Lesser Antilles and northern South America south to Peru, in forested hills and montane forests between (150-) 840–3400 m.

Other Viola plants

Viola abbreviata · Viola abyssinica · Hookedspur violet · White Violet · Viola angustifolia · Field Pansy · Australian Native Violet · Viola betonicifolia · Viola lutea subsp. calaminaria · Canadian white violet · Horned Pansy · Viola cotyledon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viola stipularis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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