Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola aurantiaca Leyb. |
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 |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Chile Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
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