| Family | FRANCOACEAE |
| Genus species | Viviania marifolia Cav. |
| Bibliography | Anales Ci. Nat. 7: 212 (1804) |
| Native Range | Argentina to n. & c. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-4000m |
| Description | leaves ovate, 5-15mm, shortly petiolate, abaxially densely white lanate, flowers 15-30mm in spherical cyme, floral pedicels rigid, petals persistent on fruit |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | pale pink, reddish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Macraea cordata Meyen Macraea grandiflora Lindl. Macraea parvifolia Lindl. Macraea rosea Lindl. Viviania cordata (Meyen) R.Knuth Viviania grandiflora (Lindl.) G.Don Viviania parvifolia (Lindl.) G.Don Viviania revoluta R.Knuth Viviania rosea (Lindl.) Klotzsch Viviania rosea var. alba Gay Viviania rosea var. brevipedunculata Reiche Viviania rosea var. grandifolia Phil. Viviania rosea var. laxa Reiche Viviania rosea var. marifolia Reiche Viviania rosea var. ovata Reiche Viviania rosea var. rubella R.Knuth Viviania rosea var. villosa Phil. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |