Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Viola hederacea synonym: Viola hederacea subsp. hederacea |
| Common Name: | ivy-leaf, ivy-leaved violet, native violet, wild violet |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Nature Strip, Cottage, Indigenous Plant Use |
| Indigenous Plant Use: | Flowers can be added fresh to salads.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! |
| Growing Conditions: | Partial Shade, Shade
Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 15 cm x 2 m |
| Foliage: | Rosettes of dark green kidney-shaped to semicircular leaves 15-20 mm x 20-30 mm, dull greyish-green below; tip rounded, margin obscurely toothed. |
| Flowers: | Perfumed White with pale violet centres. June-March. Single flowers on stalks 6-17 cm high. Lower petal wedge-shaped, 3 indistinct veins down the centre, crossed by branching side veins, tip usually notched, colours blurred. Side petals weakly twisted, beard over less than half width. |
| General Comments: | Prolific grower. Excellent ground cover for moist areas forming a dense mat. Useful in ferneries, as a ground cover in cottage gardens in containers & hanging baskets. Frogs use it as a habitat. |
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