Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola dombeyana DC. ex Ging. sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 1: 305 (1824) |
Native Range | Colombia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-4000m |
Description | leaves ovate, denticulate-crenate, 8-12mm, long petiolate, peduncles longer than leaves. upper petals oblong, the basal carinate, acute, very shortly calcarate |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | whitish, purple |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola humboldtii Triana & Planch.. Viola humboldtii var. cuneata W.Becker Viola humboldtii var. renifolia Britton Viola ramosissima Turcz. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |