Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola atropurpurea Leyb. |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 1858: 159 (1858) |
Native Range | w. Argentina to Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 2500-4000m |
Description | rosettes flat, 3-6cm wide, leaves densely imbricate, spiral, distinctly spathulate, coriaceous, with long false petiole, flowers 5-7mm across, with yellow throat |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blackish purple |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
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, CLS Chile South) |