| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola maculata Cav. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Icon. 6: 20 (1800) |
| Native Range | c. & s. Chile to Falkland Islands |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets |
| Altitude | 0-2000m |
| Description | leaves broadly lanceolate to broadly ovate, rarely orbiculate, crenate to dentate, with black marginal glands, long petiolate, flowers 2-3cm across, brown striate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | rich yellow |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola buchtienii Gand. Viola glandulosa Dombey ex Ging. Viola grandidentata Kalela Viola macloviana Gand. Viola maculata var. buchtienii (Gand.) Weibel Viola maculata f. calliantha Speg. ex W.Becker Viola maculata f. chilensis Weibel Viola maculata f. chillanensis Sparre Viola maculata f. constitucionensis Sparre Viola maculata ssp. genuina Weibel Viola maculata f. grandidentata (Kalela) Weibel Viola maculata var. megaphylla DC. ex Ging. Viola maculata var. minor Hook. & Arn. Viola maculata f. munozii Spare Viola maculata var. popetae Sparre Viola maculata var. pubescens Reiche Viola maculata var. tenuifolia Speg. Viola maculata var. typica Gand. Viola maculata f. typica Weibel Viola maculata f. valdiviana (Kalela) Weibel Viola pyrolifolia Poir. Viola tetrapetala Molina Viola valdiviana Kalela |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |