Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola fluehmanni Phil. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2500m |
Description | leaves linear to linear-spathulate, sessile, thick, carnose, flowers 1-10, 12-15mm across, at apex of branchlets, erect, always dark violet striate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac-white, pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , 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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