| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola acanthophylla Leybold ex Reiche |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 442 (1892) |
| Native Range | c. Chile (Santiago) |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves numerous, elliptic or cuneate, pinnatipartite, ciliate, revolute, long petiolate, pedicels as long as leaves, flowers dark stripped |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C rosette cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |