Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola fluehmanni Phil. sect. Ericoidium |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 81: 346 (1892) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to sc. & s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2500m |
Description | leaves linear to linear-spathulate, sessile, thick, carnose, flowers 1-10, 12-15mm across, at apex of branchlets, erect, always dark violet striate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac-white, pink |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |