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habit with stems growing over other vegetation (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
leaves and flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of flowers showing their large pale-coloured spurs and relatively narrow sepals (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Viola riviniana Rchb.
Family
Violaceae
Common Names
blunt-spurred violet, common dog violet, common dog-violet, dog violet, wood violet
Origin
Native to north-western Africa, Europe and western Asia.
Naturalised Distribution
Naturalised in some parts of south-eastern Australia (i.e. in southern Victoria, the ACT and in the central tablelands region of eastern New South Wales).
Also naturalised overseas in New Zealand.
Notes
Wood violet (Viola riviniana) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria and as a minor or potential environmental weed in New South Wales.
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