Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola triflabellata W.Becker |
Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 357 (1925) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2000-4500m |
Description | taproot, rosettes brown-green, 2-3cm, leaves narrowly oblong, remotely crenate, petiole broad, with membranous margins, flowers 18mm, with short, pale spur |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, violet striate |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring rosette cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |