Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola coronifera W.Becker |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1500-3500m |
Description | rosettes flattened, leaves imbricate and spiral, orbiculate-spathulate, 5-6mm wide, coriaceous, with long false petiole, corolla flat, 10-12mm across, in bud red |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bright orange yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette |
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 (Argentina South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
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