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section Viola sect. Andinium W. Becker 

Viola taltalensis W. Becker

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Distributional Range: Native Southern America SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile [II - Antofagasta ]

Description and Ecology : Annual plant with rosette leaves similar to V. polypoda. Spatulated leaves, attenuated towards the base, with the eyelash margin. Small flowers from white to violet. It grows on stony ground, in coastal ravines north of Taltal (0-500 m). Rare. Endemic.

References:

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