{"id":2813,"date":"2021-09-22T11:32:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T09:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifethinkhotels.com\/aenosnationalpark.gr\/fysiko-perivallon\/kefalliniaki-viola\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T10:25:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T08:25:45","slug":"kefalliniaki-viola","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aenosnationalpark.gr\/en\/fysiko-perivallon\/kefalliniaki-viola\/","title":{"rendered":"Cephalonian Violet"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Viola cephalonica Bornm.)<\/span><\/h1>\n
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Figure 1.<\/strong>\u00a0The steno-endemic Viola cephalonica thriving in Aenos highest peaks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Viola cephalonica<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Kefalonian viola, violet) main habitat is located at the area Chionistra (next to the antennas park) of mount Aenos,<\/span>\u00a0in rocky terrain and crevices. Kefalonian viola\u00a0<\/i>grows only at the highest peaks of mount Aenos and it is the rarest plant growing in Kefalonia (Figure 1). It is a mount Aenos localized endemic species that does not exist anywhere else in the world! The visitors have the opportunity to observe dense subpopulations except the position \u201cChionistra\u201d, also at Aenos\u2019 highest peak (Megas Soros), and in the lower peaks between these two positions (Figure 2).<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Figure 2.<\/strong>\u00a0The distribution of\u00a0Viola cephalonica<\/em> in Greece (Kefalonia marked in yellow) \u2013 to zoom, click on the map.In 1927 the German botanist Bornm\u00fcller first described\u00a0Viola cephalonica<\/i>\u00a0as a new species and gave to the plant its botanical name related to the location where it was found. It is a small, perennial plant with characteristic violet flowers (Figure 3), a few centimeters high that blossoms from spring till the beginning of summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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