Pan India Bouquets

Viola biflora L.

Family : Violaceae
(Violet Family)
Family (Hindi name) : RATHNAPURUSHA FAMILY (रत्नपुरुष फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Violaceae
Synonym(s) : Dischidium biflorum (L.) Opiz; Viola avatschensis W.Becker & Hultén; Viola biflora var. akaishiensis Hid.Takah. & H.Ohba; Viola biflora subsp. avatschensis (W.Becker & Hultén) Tzvelev; Viola biflora var. burejensis Bezd.; Viola chingiana W.Becker; Viola crassa Makino; Viola crassa subsp. alpicola Hid.Takah.; Viola crassa var. alpicola (Hid.Takah.) T.Shimizu; Viola crassa subsp. borealis Hid.Takah.; Viola crassa var. borealis (Hid.Takah.) T.Shimizu; Viola crassa var. tayemonii (Hayata) S.S.Ying; Viola crassa subsp. yatsugatakeana Hid.Takah.; Viola crassa var. yatsugatakeana (Hid.Takah.) T.Shimizu; Viola kanoi Sasaki; Viola manaslensis F.Maek.; Viola schulzeana W.Becker; Viola tayemonii Hayata
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Viola biflora L.
Common name : Arctic Yellow Violet
Vernacular name : Dundi Birali, Banfsa (Hindi)
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Alpine grasslands,damp forest margins, shaded Fir forest margins, 2285 - 3350 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : June-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Temperate & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere to North Sumatera
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Temperate & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere to North Sumatera
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 78; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 224-225
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Viola biflora. Downloaded on 28 May 2023.

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