| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola auricolor Skottsb. |
| Bibliography | Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. n.f., 56(5): 260 (1916) |
| Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1000-2000m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, densely imbricate, broadly spathulate, acute, petiolate, carnose, glabrous, margins white scarious, flowers axillary, pedicellate, sepals linear, petals 7-8mm |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | golden yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) |