Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola boliviana Britton sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 18 (1889) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1500-4500m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves orbiculate, 2-3cm wide, abruptly tapered to petiole, crenate-serrate, glabrous, petioles 1-2cm, stipules laciniate, 1-2cm, flowers axillary |
Size | 2-3cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola bangiana W.Becker Viola boliviana f. albiflora Kuntze Viola crinita Wedd. ex W.Becker Viola huanucoensis W.Becker Viola truncata W.Becker |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |