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section Viola sect. Andinium W. Becker 

Viola ovalleana Phil

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Distributional Range: Native Southern America SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile (IV - Coquimbo )

Description and Ecology : Annual plant in tight rosettes. Dimmed elliptic leaves on the petiole, with a marked network of veins and eyelash margins. Solitary flowers, axillary, yellow corolla with purple pints. It grows in the Andes Mountains ( 2600 -  2800 m ). Rare. Endemic

References:

1. Marticorena, C. & Quezada, M. 1985; Reiche, C. F. 1893 

2. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la flora vascular de Chile.

3. Reiche, K. F. 1896-1911. Flora de Chile.