Viola odorata, Sweet Violet,
סגל ריחני
 
Scientific name:  Viola odorata L.
Common name:  Sweet Violet
Hebrew name:  סגל ריחני
Family:  Violaceae, סגליים

Viola odorata, Sweet Violet, סגל ריחני
Date Picture Taken: February 21, 2008

 
Life form:  Hemicryptophyte
Leaves:  Alternate, rosette, entire, dentate or serrate
Flowers:  Violet
Flowering Period:  April, May
Habitat:  Mediterranean maquis and forest
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:   Med - Euro-Siberian
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral

Viola odorata, Sweet Violet, סגל ריחני
Date Picture Taken: February 21, 2008


Derivation of the botanical name:
Viola, a classical Latin name for violets.
odorata, odoro, to smell, give off a fragrance, be perfumed; scented
  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.