Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola auricolor Skottsb. |
Bibliography | Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. n.f., 56(5): 260 (1916) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1000-2000m |
Description | leaves in rosette, densely imbricate, broadly spathulate, acute, petiolate, carnose, glabrous, margins white scarious, flowers axillary, pedicellate, sepals linear, petals 7-8mm |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | golden yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) |