Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola montagnei Gay |
Bibliography | Fl. Chil. 1: 222 (1846) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to c. & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2900-4200m |
Description | rosettes 2-4cm wide, leaves spathulate or lanceolate, shortly hirsute, abaxially glandular, flowers solitary, small, floral pedicels and calyx hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 rosette cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Viola bicolor Reiche Viola cano-barbata Leyb. Viola cano-barbata var. albiflora W.Becker Viola flos-mariae Hieron. Viola flos-mariae var. nivea Hieron. Viola flos-mariae var. virescens Hieron. Viola karlreicheana Sanso & al. Viola montagnei var. glandulosa Phil |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |