Scientific Name: Viola cleistogamoides

Common Name: shy violet

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Violaceae

Form Description: Small rosette herb with long-stalked, rounded leaves from 5-15mm long.

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 – small seeds turn from cream to dark maroon or pale brown when ripe.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Common in a range of habitats, from sea level to mountains.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Dry and sieve to clean.

Cutting & Division Information

Spreads by stolons, easily grown by division.