Viola aurata Phil.

Place of Publication

Anales Univ. Chile 81: 492 (1892)

References

Philippi R.A. (1892a)

Philippi, R.A. 1892. Plantas nuevas Chilenas de la familia Crucíferas, Bixáceas, Violáceas, Polygáleas. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 81:65-86, 177-195, 329-347, 489-498
Watson et al. (2021a)

Watson, J M , Flores, A , Nicola, MV and Marcussen, T 2021. Viola Subgenus Andinum, Preliminary Monograph. Scottish Rock Garden with International Rock Gardener pp 215.

Iconography

Watson et al. (2021a): fig. 61, 62

Regions

Atacama and Coquimbo

Habitat

Semidesert and Semiarid Andean cordillera

Distribution and habitat

Limited to just a few populations in the lower Elqui valley (Coquimbo Region). Recently, also discovered as a small population in the Atacama Region (Watson, et al, 2021)

Conservation status

VU (Watson et al. (2021a))