Viola hymettia, Boiss. & Heldr.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 281

82. V. hymettia Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 3(1): 57 (1853).

Shortly hispid annual 3-10(-20)cm. Leaves 1-5-2 cm, the lower ovate-orbicular, the upper oblong-spathulate, crenate. Stipules pinnately divided almost to the base; terminal segment stalked and leaf-like, larger than the rest. Peduncles 4-5 cm. Flowers 1-1-5 cm. Petals yellow, the upper often becoming violet, or all violet, about twice as long as sepals. Spur 3-4 mm, stout, slightly longer than calycine appendages. 2n= 16. Pastures. Mediterranean region, Portugal; S. W. Romania. Al Ga G r It Lu Rm Si Tu.

V. lavrenkoana Klokov , Ind. Sem. Hort. Bot. Charkov. 8 (1927) and V. cretacea Klokov in Schischkin & Bobrov, Fl. URSS 15: 686 (1949), described from the Ukraine, resemble 82; their status is uncertain.