Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola microphylla Phil. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 28: 611 (1858) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to c. & s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-4000m |
Description | leaves in spiral, spathulate, adaxially distinctly veined, flowers in bud orange, 7mm across, in anthesis with yellow throat |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Viola arbuscula Phil. Viola microphylla f. fimbriata Speg. Viola microphylla f. macropoda Speg. Viola microphylla f. micropoda Speg. Viola philippii Leyb. Viola philippii var. arbuscula (Phil.) Reiche |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |