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Viola tricolor L.

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Contributor Text: M. QAISER & SAOOD OMER

Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: November-June.

Type: Type: Described from Sweden, Herb. Linn. 1052. 21 (LINN).

Distribution: Distribution: Europe, Asia, America and Australia.

Comment/Acknowledgements: Viola tricolor L. is widely cultivated as an ornamental. There are number of horticultural varieties under cultivation in Pakistan. In Flora Europaea, Val. et al., l.c. recognized 5 subspecies. According to them, our material mainly falls into the type subsp. tricolor L. (annuals, c. 40 cm high, firs. blue-violet) and subsp. matutina (Klokov) Valcut. (annuals, upto 80 cm high, firs. yellowish). The cultivated garden Pansy is sometimes called Viola x wittrockiana Gams (Viola tricolor var. hortensis).

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Map Location: B-6 Peshawer Dist.: Garden, P.C.S.I.R. Labs., Peshawer, M. Saleem Khtattak 22 (KUH); University Campus, Peshawer, M. Qaiser & Sultanul Abedin 5758 & 5754 (KUH); D-4 Sibi Dist.: Ziarat, S.M.H. Jafri 726 (KUH); G-4 Karachi Dist.: 501-B, Gulshan-e-Usman, North Karachi, 12 April, 1982, Saida Qaiser s.n. (KUH).