*Viola odorata L.

Petioles long with short retrorse hairs. Capsule hairy. Style hooked at the apex. Leaves ovate-orbicular, 1.5–6 cm diam., crenate-serrate, on a short erect rhizome. Flowers sweet-scented. Petals c. 1.5 cm long, deep violet to white. Stoloniferous, perennial herbs. Illawarra region and Hornsby Plateau. Shady places. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring. Sweet Violet