Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola aurantiaca Leyb. |
Bibliography | Flora 47: 41 (1864) |
Native Range | c. Chile (Santiago) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2600-3000m |
Description | rosettes flattened, leaves orbiculate, to 6mm wide, corrugate, distinctly crenate, ciliate, flowers small, shortly, acute-calcarate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | golden yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring rosette cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Viola curicoensis W.Becker |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |