| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola cotyledon Ging. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 1: 300 (1824) |
| Native Range | w. Argentina to c. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 900-3300m |
| Description | rosettes more or less columnar, leaves apically spiral, lanceolate to suborbiculate, with cartilagineous margins, pale green, flowers 20-25mm, barbate, with yellow throat |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple, violet, white |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring rosette cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |