Viola splendida, W. Becker

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 277

50. V. splendida W. Becker , Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 2: 750 (1902).

Hairy perennial with ascending stems, 10 cm when young, later up to 50 cm. Lower leaves c. 1 | cm, cordate or subcordate, obtuse; upper 2-3 x 1 cm and more acute, all obtusely crenate and with a long, winged petiole. Stipules half as long as leaves, subpinnate, with 6-10 lanceolate laciniae, the terminal larger and entire. Peduncles 1-3, much longer than the leaves. Flowers 3-4 cm; petals yellow or violet, with rounded apex; spur equalling lower petal, straight, subulate. 2« = 40. Calcicole. • 5. Italy (mountains near Salerno). It.