Scientific Name: Viola fuscoviolacea

Common Name: dusky violet

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Violaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb; stems short; stolons well developed.

Flowers: Petals dark violet in the bud, often paler at maturity; lower petal lacking a spur.

Fruit: Capsule 4-6 mm long.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersNorthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
RiparianSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Widespread – found on stream, river and lake margins, damp areas in grass and sedgeland, gravely and sandy soils, near sea level to 1080m.

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