Violets (Viola) are a kind of the family of the violet plants (Violaceae), to which as popular kinds count as the the horn violets and the smell violets. The kind of one year's and of several years krautige plants as well as half bushes covers 500 kinds, which grow in most moderate zones of the earth. The species-richest centers lie in North America, the Anden and Japan. One finds it however also in Australia. Viola hederacea (synonym: Viola banksii) for example is a kind, which the plant collecting tanks Joseph returned bank and to Daniel Solander of their journey with James Cook to the Botany Bay.

Characteristics

Most kinds of violet are characterised by kidney or sheets. The blooms of the wild plants are rarely more broadly than 2.5 cm and characteristic. The lower three are downward distant, the upper two stand upright.

Etymologie

The name violet is to be due to latin designation Viola, which became old-high-German too fiol.

The name is to decrease/go back to a comparison: the two upper, usually equipped without design are the stepdaughters, the lateral, remarkably drawn the physical daughters and the large lower Kronblatt with the large juice mark the nut/mother.

Violet in mythology, customs and literature: see smell violets.

Use

In the garden one finds most frequently the smell violet, Labrador violet, Staudiges horn violet, Pfingst violet and, probably most frequently cultivated, the garden pansies. To the violets against it as house plants admitted alpine and Usambaraveilchen do not belong.

Viola odorata as if delicate-eat

In particular the March violet (Viola odorata) is from connoisseurs as if delicate-eat estimated. Kandierte violet blooms are suitable for herb salad with violets and as. Prescription collection see in particular in smell violets.

Violet bloom dte

Violet bloom dte is prepared from a handful of violet blooms (per cup) if possible by the March violet (Viola odorata). The freshly collected blooms are poured over with hot water and ten minutes draw are let. It is possible to pepper for the light blue dte also coldly hurled honey. Violet bloom dte is considered as welfare SAM against cold and cough.

Kinds (selection)

• Altai (Viola altaica)
• Field (Viola arvensis)
• Yellow violet (Viola biflora Syn. Viola adunca)
• Canada violet (Viola canadensis)
• Hunds violet (Viola canina)
• Horn violet (Viola cornuta)
• Long spur violet (Viola calcarata)
• Hill violet (Viola collina)
• High violet (Viola elatior)
• Australian violet (Viola hederacea Syn. Viola banksii)
• Labrador violet (Viola labradorica)
• Sudeten (Viola lutea)
• Smell violet (Viola odorata)
• Bird foot violet (Viola pedata)
• Forest violet (Viola rich brook IANA)
• Hain violet (Viola riviniana)
• Pfingst violet (Viola sororia)
• Parma violet (Viola suavis)
• Wild (Viola tricolor)
• Garden pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)
• Violet Galmei (Viola guestphalica)
• Miracle violet (Viola mirabilis)
• Low violet (Viola pumila)
• Ditch violet (Viola stagnina)
• Sump violet (Viola palustris)

See also

• Violet Tuesday
• Perfume

Literature

• Fritz Viola - violet, horn violet Ulmer Stuttgart 1999
• Elizabeth Mayer: Game fruits, game vegetable, game herbs. Stocker, 2001, ISBN 3702008357, page 31 - 32

Related links

• Violet homepage
• Violet bibliography

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