Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola acanthophylla Leybold ex Reiche |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 442 (1892) |
Native Range | c. Chile (Santiago) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves numerous, elliptic or cuneate, pinnatipartite, ciliate, revolute, long petiolate, pedicels as long as leaves, flowers dark stripped |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 rosette cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |