Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola hieronymi W.Becker sect. Sempervivum |
Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 185 (1922) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina (La Rioja) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3300-3400m |
Description | rosettes 3-6cm wide, leaves densely imbricate, oblong, cuneate, shortly petiolate, flowers 1cm across, densely barbate, spur 2mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |