Scientific Name: Viola curtisiae

Common Name: montane ivyleaf violet

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Violaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Stoloniferous perennial herb.

Flowers: Blue-violet to violet externally, cream internally with faint markings.

Fruit: Capsule – dehiscing into three boat-shaped valves, sometimes explosively, with two to many seeds.

Municipality
Derwent Valley
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Recorded from Mount Field and the Wellington Range. Grows in sub-alpine Eucalyptus coccifera woodland at 1050-1200m above sea level.

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