Viola L.
Lowest petal scarcely longer than the others Viola
Stipules small, translucent. Lower petal not broadly cuneate
Stoloniferous plants. Lower petal not or only slightly spurred. Flowers with or without sent
Petioles long with short retrorse hairs. Capsule hairy. Style hooked at the apex. Leaves ovate-orbicular, 1.5–6 cm diam., crenate-serrate, on a short erect rhizome. Flowers sweet-scented. Petals c. 1.5 cm long, deep violet to white. Stoloniferous, perennial herbs. Illawarra region and Hornsby Plateau. Shady places. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring. Sweet Violet Viola odorata