Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola hillii W.Becker |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | leaves in rosette, erect, linear-oblong, ca. 8mm long, carnose, weakly hirsute, sinuate-crenate, flowers ca. 5mm long, sepals oblong, acute, petals oblong |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Southern America
Western South America (Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
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