Viola ucriana is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is a violet that is endemic to Sicily in Italy, where its known in Italian as Viola di Ucria.
Viola ucriana is perennial, evergreen herbaceous plant, with elongated upper leaves and lower leaves gathered forming a cushion at the base. The greyish green leaves are partially hairy. The flowers are yellow, with yellowish-green spur. The plants predominantly flowers in late Spring, between April and June.[2]
^Gianguzzi, L.; La Mantia, A. (2006). "Viola ucriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61681A12523710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61681A12523710.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
viola, ucriana, species, plant, violaceae, family, violet, that, endemic, sicily, italy, where, known, italian, viola, ucria, conservation, statuscritically, endangered, iucn, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclad. Viola ucriana is a species of plant in the Violaceae family It is a violet that is endemic to Sicily in Italy where its known in Italian as Viola di Ucria Viola ucrianaConservation statusCritically Endangered IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder MalpighialesFamily ViolaceaeGenus ViolaSpecies V ucrianaBinomial nameViola ucrianaErben amp Raimondo Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 References 4 External linksDistribution editViola ucriana is only found on Mount Pizzuta near Palermo in north western Sicily growing above the Piana degli Albanesi at an altitude of 800 1 300 metres 2 600 4 300 ft 2 Its natural habitats are in Mediterranean shrubby vegetation and rocky areas here EndangeredThe only known populations are in two localities covering a total area of 0 2 square kilometres 0 077 sq mi 2 It is an IUCN Red List Critically Endangered plant species and IUCN Top 50 Campaign Mediterranean Island Plants threatened by habitat loss 2 Description editViola ucriana is perennial evergreen herbaceous plant with elongated upper leaves and lower leaves gathered forming a cushion at the base The greyish green leaves are partially hairy The flowers are yellow with yellowish green spur The plants predominantly flowers in late Spring between April and June 2 nbsp The Viola di Ucria of Sicily References edit Gianguzzi L La Mantia A 2006 Viola ucriana IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006 e T61681A12523710 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2006 RLTS T61681A12523710 en Retrieved 17 November 2021 a b c d IUCN 50 accessed 11 30 2011External links edit nbsp Media related to Viola ucriana at Wikimedia Commons IUCN Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants Viola ucriana nbsp Media related to Top 50 Campaign Mediterranean Island Plants at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Violaceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Viola ucriana amp oldid 1055682236, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
