Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola atropurpurea Leyb. |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 2500-4000m |
Description | rosettes flat, 3-6cm wide, leaves densely imbricate, spiral, distinctly spathulate, coriaceous, with long false petiole, flowers 5-7mm across, with yellow throat |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blackish purple |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring rosette cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Argentina Northwest , Chile Central , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
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