Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola hillii W.Becker sect. Rosulatae |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 134 (1928) |
Native Range | s. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
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 | 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 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |