Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola portulacea Leyb. |
Bibliography | Flora 48: 381 (1865) |
Native Range | c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-4500m |
Description | leaves spathulate-cuneate, shortly acuminate, tapered to long petiole, margins narrowly membranous, petals dark stripped |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C rosette cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |