| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola columnaris Skottsb. |
| Bibliography | Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.s., 56(5): 261 (1916) |
| Native Range | s. & w. Argentina to s. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1400-3500m |
| Description | leaves producing short column, patent, succulent, glabrous, broadly spathulate, long petiolate, at base truncate, apically shortly apiculate, flowers axillary, petals 5mm |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | violet-yellow |
| Bloom | 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 cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLS Chile South) |