Ionidium suffruticosum (L.) Roem. & Sch.

Common Name : Spade flower
Family : Violaceae

HABIT

A SMALL PERENNIAL HERB, 15-30 CM TALL.

STEMS

WITH A WOODY BASE, NUMEROUS DIFFUSE OR  ASCENDING BRANCHES.

LEAVES

SUBSESSILE, LINEAR TO OBLANCEOLATE, 4-5 CM LONG AND 0.2-0.8 CM WIDE, MARGINS ENTIRE OR SERRATE.

FLOWERS

SOLITARY, AXILLARY, RED OR PURPLE, PEDICELS 6-12 MM LONG, ERECT SLENDER.

FRUITS

SMALL SUBGLOBOSE CAPSULES, 0.6 CM IN DIAMETER.

SEEDS

OVOID, LONGITUDINALLY STRIATE, YELLOWISH-WHITE, 1.5 MM LONG.

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