Viola orphanidis Boiss.
Synonymy
Taxon info
Viola orphanidis is one of several species named after Theodoros Orphanides (cf. Plate 2: 1), who discovered it on Mt Pelister near Bitola just N of the present Greek border. It is a short-lived, soft-pubescent perennial growing in somewhat damp herb and grass communities, generally at 1200–2000 m and preferably on non-calcareous substrates. It is a Balkan endemic extending locally to Sterea Ellas in the south.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 364 [Plate 24.8]