Native to Argentina Northwest, Chile Central (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Chile, Maule, Talca
-35.938333, -70.610556
Location Remarks
Comuna San Clemente, 11.5 km below La Laguna on Highway 115 to Laguna Maule, 5.2 km below Puente Lo Aguirre; low shrubby vegetation on steep slopes. 1571 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Persy Gomez de la Fuente, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
Specific Epithet
congesta
Authorship
Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#224,722 of 335,497
Top 67%
Extinction probability
10%