List of Viola species
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This is a list of species in the plant genus Viola, often known as violet
s or Pansies.
(Note: Neither Saintpaulia
("African violets") nor Erythronium dens-canis
("Dogtooth violets") are related to the true violets.)
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Selected hybrids
Violet (plant)
Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400–500 species distributed around the world. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, viola species are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in...
s or Pansies.
(Note: Neither Saintpaulia
Saintpaulia
Saintpaulia, commonly known as African violet, is a genus of six species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa, with a concentration of species in the Nguru mountains of Tanzania...
("African violets") nor Erythronium dens-canis
Erythronium dens-canis
Erythronium dens-canis is a small herbaceous flowering plant in the Liliaceae, native to Europe, where it is the only naturally occurring species....
("Dogtooth violets") are related to the true violets.)
- Viola acuminata - Acuminate Violet
- Viola aduncaViola aduncaViola adunca is a species of violet known by the common names hookedspur violet, sand violet, and western dog violet. It is native to North America, including the western half of the United States to New England northward throughout Canada.This is a hairy, compact plant growing from a small rhizome...
- Hookedspur Violet, Western Dog Violet - Viola aetolica
- Viola affinis - Sand Violet
- Viola alba - White Violet
- Viola albanica
- Viola allchariensis
- Viola alpina
- Viola altaica
- Viola appalachiensisViola appalachiensisViola appalachiensis, the Appalachien Blue Violet, also known as Violet and Henry's Violet is a Viola native to the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States.-Distribution:...
- Appalachian Violet - Viola arborescensViola arborescensViola arborescens is a species of Viola and is also known as the tree violet. The average height is anywhere from 8 to 10 inches. Viola arborescens requires direct sunlight to grow. Viola arborescens is very cold hardy, and is in bloom all winter and into early spring.- Color :The Viola...
- Viola arsenica
- Viola arvensisViola arvensisViola arvensis is a species of violet known by the common name field pansy. It is native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and a weed of disturbed and cultivated areas....
- Field Pansy - Viola aureaViola aureaViola aurea is a species of violet known by the common names golden violet and bright yellow violet. It is native to eastern California and western Nevada, where it is known from scattered occurrences in various types of dry habitat such as the slopes of desert mountains...
- Golden Violet - Viola bakeriViola bakeriViola bakeri is a species of violet known by the common name Baker's violet. It is native to the northwestern United States from Washington to the mountains of northern California and Nevada, where it occurs in forests and other habitat. This herb grows from a woody taproot, reaching a maximum...
- Baker's Violet - Viola banksiiViola banksiiViola banksii, the native violet, is sold and grown throughout garden nurseries and grown and loved in gardens around Australia, especially in the east. For many years it was known as Viola hederacea, however the species complex was revised in 2004 by Kevin Thiele...
- Banks' Violet - Viola beckwithiiViola beckwithiiViola beckwithii, known commonly as the Great Basin Violet, Beckwith's Violet, and Sagebrush Pansy, is an early-flowering plant of sagebrush country in the Western United States. It has dissected leaves and flowers with two deep red-purple upper petals, three light bluish lower petals, and a...
- Beckwith's Violet, Great Basin Violet - Viola bertoloniiViola bertoloniiViola bertolonii is a species of violet known by the common name Bertoloni's Pansy, belonging to the Violaceae family.-Etymology:The genus name, derived from the Latin word “viere” meaning “to tie”, possibly refers to the flexuosity of these plants...
- Viola betonicifoliaViola betonicifoliaViola betonicifolia, commonly known as the Arrowhead Violet, Showy Violet or Mountain Violet, is a small perennial herbaceous shrub of the Viola, which contains pansies and violets. It occurs from India and Pakistan in southern Asia throughout eastern Australia and Tasmania...
- Showy violet, Mountain Violet - Viola bicolorViola bicolorViola bicolor, commonly known as the American field pansy or wild pansy, is an annual plant in the violet family found throughout much of North America...
- Field Pansy - Viola bifloraViola bifloraViola biflora is a species of the genus Viola. It is also called twoflower violet. It is found in Europe, Siberia, Central Asia, Pakistan, Western & Northern China, North Korea, Japan, and Western North America....
- Yellow Wood Violet, Twoflower Violet - Viola blandaViola blandaViola blanda is a flowering perennial plant in the Violet family . It is native to parts of eastern and western Canada and the northeastern, north-central, and southeastern United States....
- Sweet White Violet, Willdenow's Violet - Viola brevistipulata - Short Stipule Violet
- Viola brittoniana - Northern Coastal Violet, Coast Violet
- Viola calaminaria - Yellow Calamine Violet
- Viola calcarata
- Viola californica - California Violet
- Viola canadensisViola canadensisViola canadensis is more commonly known as Canadian white violet, Canada Violet, tall white violet, or white violet. As its name suggests, it is a species of violet which bears white blooms. The flowers are white, with yellow bases and sometimes streaks of purple. The leaves are heart shaped, with...
- Canadian White Violet, Canada Violet - Viola caninaViola caninaViola canina is a species of the genus Viola, native to Europe, where it is found in the uplands of box hill in Dorset, heaths, fens, and moist woodlands, especially on acidic soils....
- EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an Heath Dog Violet - Viola cazorlensis
- Viola cenisia
- Viola chaerophylloides
- Viola chamissonianaViola chamissonianaViola chamissoniana is a species of flowering plant in the violet family known by the common name 'Olopu. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and Maui....
- Olopu - Viola charlestonensis - Charleston Mountain Violet
- Viola cheiranthifoliaViola cheiranthifoliaViola cheiranthifolia is a species of the genus Viola. It is also known as the Teide Violet and Teide Daisy.This plant is exclusively found in the dry and stony caldera of the volcano Teide on the Canary Island of Tenerife. It survives there in altitudes of 2000-3000m. Most of the time it is hiding...
- Teide Violet - Viola chinensis - China Violet
- Viola collina - Hill Violet
- Viola comollia
- Viola conspersa - American Dog Violet
- Viola cornuta - Horned Pansy, Horned Violet, Johnny-Jump-Up
- Viola corsica
- Viola crassa
- Viola cryanaViola cryanaViola cryana, the Cry Violet, also known as Cry Pansy, is an extinct plant species from the violet genus Viola which was endemic to the French Department Yonne. Vioala cryana was discovered in 1860 but first described in 1878....
- Cry Violet - Viola cucullataViola cucullataViola cucullata is a species of the genus Viola native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Georgia....
- Marsh Blue Violet - Viola cuneataViola cuneataViola cuneata is a species of violet known by the common name wedgeleaf violet. It is native to southwestern Oregon and northwestern California, where it occurs in the forests of the coastal mountain ranges, often on serpentine soils. This rhizomatous herb produces a hairless stem reaching a...
- Wedgeleaf Violet - Viola cunninghamii
- Viola declinata
- Viola delphinantha
- Viola diffusa - Spreading Violet
- Viola dissecta
- Viola douglasiiViola douglasiiViola douglasii is a species of violet known by the common name Douglas' violet, or Douglas' yellow violet. It is native to western North America from Oregon through California and into Baja California, where it grows in seasonally moist habitat, often on serpentine soils...
- Douglas' Golden Violet - Viola dubyana
- Viola dukadjinica
- Viola egglestonii - Glade Violet
- Viola elatior
- Viola elegantula
- Viola epipsilaViola epipsilaViola epipsila is a perennial forb of the genus Viola.It is found in Finland and Russia, and other countries in Europe....
- Dwarf Marsh Violet, Large Marsh Violet - Viola eugeniae
- Viola fimbriatula - Fringed Violet
- Viola flettii - Olympic Violet, Rock Violet
- Viola frank-smithiiViola frank-smithiiViola frank-smithii is a rare species of violet known by the common name Frank Smith's violet. It is endemic to Utah in the United States, where it is known only from Logan Canyon in the Bear River Range in Cache County....
- Frank-Smith's Violet - Viola glabellaViola glabellaViola glabella, the Stream Violet or Pioneer Violet, is usually found along streams or in moist woods in northeastern Asia and northwestern North America....
- Pioneer Violet, Stream Violet - Viola gracilis
- Viola grisebachiana
- Viola grypoceras
- Viola guadalupensis - Guadalupe Violet
- Viola guestphalica - Calamine Violet
- Viola halliiViola halliiViola hallii is a species of violet known by the common name Oregon violet. It is native to southwestern Oregon and northwestern California, where it occurs in open areas in the forests and chaparral of the coastal mountain ranges, on gravelly soils, often of serpentine origin...
- Oregon Violet - Viola hastata - Halberd-leaf Yellow Violet
- Viola hederaceaViola hederaceaViola hederacea is a species of violet which is native to Australia. It is common and widespread in Victoria and Tasmania, along the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales north at least to the Barrington Tops area, in the far south-east of South Australia, and in a small area of the Adelaide...
- Australian Violet, Trailing Violet - Viola helenaeViola helenaeViola helenae is a rare species of flowering plant in the violet family known by the common name Wahiawa stream violet. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the Wahiawa Mountains of Kauai. It is threatened by exotic plant species and feral pigs...
- Wahiawa Stream Violet - Viola hirsutula - Southern Woodland Violet
- Viola hirtaViola hirtaViola hirta is a species of the plant genus Viola. It is also called Hairy violet. As with the Sweet Violet no fossil seeds of this species have been found. It is confined to the cold Temperate Zone, in Europe, N. and W. Asia, extending as far as N.-W. India...
- Hairy Violet - Viola hispida - Rouen Pansy
- Viola howellii - Howell's Violet
- Viola incognita - Large-leaved White Violet
- Viola japonica - Japanese Violet
- Viola jooi
- Viola kauaensisViola kauaensisViola kauaensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the violet family known by the common names Kauai violet and pohe hiwa. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Kauai and Oahu....
- Pohe Hiwa - Viola keiskei
- Viola kitaibeliana - Dwarf Pansy
- Viola kosaninii
- Viola labradoricaViola labradoricaViola labradorica is a perennial native to Greenland, eastern Canada, and the United States. The plant sold as Viola labradorica by nurseries is Viola riviniana.-Culinary:...
- Alpine Violet, Labrador Violet - Viola lactea - Pale Dog Violet
- Viola lanaiensisViola lanaiensisViola lanaiensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the violet family known by the common name Hawaii violet. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Lanai. It is threatened by deer, sheep, and introduced species of plants...
- Hawaii Violet - Viola lanceolata - Bog White Violet
- Viola langsdorfiiViola langsdorfiiViola langsdorfii is a species of the Viola. It is a plant from rather stout creeping rootstocks, glabrous, the stems ascending 5-30 centimeters long. The Viola langsdorfii has leaves that are long-petioled, round-cordate, and anywhere from 2.5 to 4 centimeters broad, crenate; stipules foliaceous,...
- Aleutian Violet, Alaska Violet - Viola lithion - Rock Violet
- Viola lobataViola lobataViola lobata is a species of violet known by the common name pine violet. It is native to western North America from southern Oregon through California and into northern Baja California, where it occurs in mountain ranges and foothills. It grows in woodlands and other habitat...
- Moosehorn Violet, Yellow Wood Violet - Viola lovelliana - Lovell's Violet
- Viola luteaViola luteaViola lutea , also known as Mountain Pansy, is a species in the genus Viola. It is native to Europe....
- Mountain Pansy - Viola macloskeyiViola macloskeyiViola macloskeyi is a flowering perennial plant in the Violet family .It is native to Canada, the Northeastern, North-Central, Northwestern,...
- Small White Violet, Western Sweet White Violet - Viola mandshurica - Fuji Dawn
- Viola maviensis - Hawaii Bog Violet
- Viola mirabilis - Wonder Violet
- Viola missouriensis - Missouri Violet, Banded Violet
- Viola munbyana
- Viola nephrophyllaViola nephrophyllaViola nephrophylla is an annual or perennial forb in the Violet family native to North America....
- Northern Bog Violet - Viola novae-angliae - New England Blue Violet
- Viola nuttalliiViola nuttalliiViola nuttallii is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Violet family , and is one of the few violet species with lanceolate leaves...
- Nuttall's Violet, Yellow Prairie Violet - Viola oahuensisViola oahuensisViola oahuensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the violet family known by the common name Oahu violet. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the Koolau Range on the island of Oahu. It is threatened by pigs and introduced species of plants in its habitat...
- Oahu Violet - Viola obliqua - Marsh Blue Violet
- Viola obtusa - Blunt Violet
- Viola ocellataViola ocellataViola ocellata is a species of violet known by the common names pinto violet, two-eyed violet, and western heart's ease. It is native to southern Oregon and northern and central California, where it occurs in the coastal foothills and mountain ranges. It sometimes grows in serpentine soils...
- Pinto Violet, Two-eyed Violet - Viola odorata - Sweet Violet
- Viola orbiculata - Darkwoods Violet, Western Round-leaved Violet
- Viola orientalis
- Viola orphanidis
- Viola palmata - Early Blue Violet, Palmate Violet
- Viola palustrisViola palustrisViola palustris is a perennial forb of the genus Viola. It inhabits moist meadows, marshes, and streambanks in northern parts of North America and Eurasia....
- Marsh Violet, Alpine Marsh Violet - Viola patrinii - Stemless Violet
- Viola pedataViola pedataViola pedata is an ornamental plant in the Violaceae family. Monophyletic in stature, this violet, also known as the "mountain pansy" is endemic to eastern North America, where it favors well drained, acidic soils in full to partial sun environments...
- Bird's-foot Violet, Birdfoot Violet, Crow Foot Violet - Viola pedatifidaViola pedatifidaViola pedatifida Viola pedatifida Viola pedatifida (Prairie violet, Crow-foot violet, larkspur violet, purple prairie violet, coastal violet; syn. Viola pedatifida subsp. brittoniana (Pollard) L. E. McKinney, Viola pedatifida G. Don subsp. pedatifida, Viola palmata L. var...
- Prairie Violet, Prairie Birdfoot Violet - Viola pedunculata - California Golden Violet, Grass Pansy, Yellow Pansy
- Viola persicifolia - Fen Violet (syn. V. stagnina)
- Viola pinetorumViola pinetorumViola pinetorum is a species of violet known by the common name goosefoot violet, or goosefoot yellow violet. It is endemic to California, where it grows in mountain ranges throughout the state. It occurs in various types of mountain habitat, including forests and talus...
- Goosefoot Violet - Viola pinnata - Pinnate Violet
- Viola praemorsaViola praemorsaViola praemorsa is a species of violet known by the common names canary violet and Astoria violet.-Description:This rhizomatous perennial herb grows up to 30 centimeters in maximum height...
- Canary Violet - Viola primulifolia - Primrose leaved Violet
- Viola prionantha
- Viola psychodes - Butterfly Violet
- Viola pubescensViola pubescensViola pubescens, often called Downy yellow violet, is a plants species of the genus Viola. It is found in dry mixed and deciduous woodland areas of the United States and Canada; from Minnesota and Ontario to Nova Scotia, South to Virginia...
- Downy Yellow Violet - Viola pumila - Meadow Violet
- Viola purpureaViola purpureaViola purpurea is a species of violet which bears yellow flowers. It is known commonly as the goosefoot violet. It is a small plant which bears thick to fleshy toothed or ridged oval leaves which are mostly green but may have a purplish tint to them...
- Goosefoot Violet - Viola pyrenaica Ramond ex DC.
- Viola rafinesquii - Field Pansy
- Viola reichenbachianaViola reichenbachianaViola reichenbachiana, the Early Dog-violet, is a violet.This species hybridises with Common Dog-violet to produce Viola × bavarica.-References:...
- Early Dog Violet, Slender Wood Violet - Viola reichei - Reiche Violet, Patagonian Yellow Violet, Chilean Yellow Violet
- Viola renifolia - Northern White Violet, Kidney-leaved White Violet
- Viola rivinianaViola rivinianaViola riviniana, the Common Dog-violet, is a species of the genus Viola. It is also called wood violet or dog violet. It is a perennial herb of woodland rides, grassland and shady hedge banks...
- Common Dog Violet - Viola rostrataViola rostrataViola rostrata, is a stemmed herbaceous perennial plant that is native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names including long-spurred violet.-General description:...
- Longspur Violet - Viola rotundifolia - Eastern Roundleaf Yellow Violet, Early Yellow Violet
- Viola rupestris - Teesdale Violet, Rock Violet
- Viola sagittata - Arrowleaf Violet
- Viola selkirkii - Northern Violet,Selkirk's Violet
- Viola sempervirensViola sempervirensViola sempervirens , known by the common names Redwood Violet and Evergreen Violet, is a species in the genus Viola. It is native to the West Coast of the United States and British Columbia, Canada....
- Evergreen Violet, Redwood Violet - Viola septemloba - Southern Coastal Violet
- Viola septentrionalis - Northern Woodland Violet, Northern Blue Violet
- Viola sieberiana
- Viola sheltoniiViola sheltoniiViola sheltonii is a species of violet known by the common names Shelton's violet and fan violet. It is native to the western United States where it occurs in forests, woodlands, and chaparral habitat. This rhizomatous herb produces a cluster of stems up to about 27 centimeters tall...
- Shelton's Violet - Viola sororiaViola sororiaViola sororia, known commonly as the Common Blue Violet, is a stemless herbaceous perennial plant that is native to eastern North America...
- Woolly Blue Violet
- Viola stojanowii
- Viola stoloniflora
- Viola striata - Striped Cream Violet, Pale Violet, Striped Violet
- Viola suavis - Russian Violet
- Viola subsinuata - Wavy-leaf Violet
- Viola tokubuchiana
- Viola tomentosaViola tomentosaViola tomentosa is a species of violet known by the common names feltleaf violet and woolly violet. It is endemic to the central Sierra Nevada of California, where it occurs in various types of dry mountain forest habitat. This small herb grows from a deep taproot, reaching a maximum height of 5 to...
- Feltleaf Violet - Viola tricolor - Wild Pansy, Heart's-ease
- Viola triloba - Three-lobed Violet
- Viola trinervata - Rainier Violet, Sagebrush Violet
- Viola tripartita - Threepart Violet
- Viola uliginosa
- Viola umbraticola - Ponderosa Violet
- Viola utahensis - Utah Violet
- Viola vaginata - Sheathed Violet
- Viola valderia
- Viola vallicolaViola vallicolaViola vallicola is a perennial plant in the Violet family . It is native to Western and Central North America.Varieties of Sagebrush violet include:...
- Valley Violet - Viola variegata
- Viola verecunda - Hidden Violet
- Viola viarum - Twoflower Violet, Plains Violet, Wayside Violet
- Viola villosa - Carolina Violet, Hairy Violet, Wrinkled Violet
- Viola violacea
- Viola wailenalenae - Alakai Swamp Violet
- Viola walteri - Prostrate Blue Violet, Prostrate Southern Violet
- Viola yedoensis - Chinese Violet
Selected hybrids
- Viola × bernardii - Bernard's Violet
- Viola × bissellii - Bissell's Violet
- Viola × brauniae - Braun's Violet
- Viola × conjugens
- Viola × consobrina
- Viola × consocia
- Viola × cooperrider
- Viola × cordifolia
- Viola × davisii - Davis' Violet
- Viola × eamesii - Eames' Violet
- Viola × eclipes
- Viola × filicetorum
- Viola × hollickii - Hollick's Violet
- Viola × insolita
- Viola × luciae - Lucy's Violet
- Viola × malteana
- Viola × mistura
- Viola × modesta
- Viola × mollicula
- Viola × mulfordiae - Mulford's Violet
- Viola × notabilis
- Viola × peckiana - Peck's Violet
- Viola × porteriana - Porter's Violet
- Viola × primulifolia
- Viola × ravida
- Viola × redacta
- Viola × ryoniae - Ryon's Violet
- Viola × slavinii - Slavin's Violet
- Viola × wittrockianaPansyThe Pansy is a large group of hybrid plants cultivated as garden flowers. Pansies are derived from Viola species Viola tricolor hybridized with other viola species, these hybrids are referred to as Viola × wittrockiana or less commonly Viola tricolor hortensis...
- Pansy, Garden Pansy - Viola × wujekii