🌿 Family

Violaceae

102 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Violaceae

Cubelium concolor (T.F.Forst.) Raf.

Cubelium concolor (green violet) is a shrub-like herb found in nutrient-rich calcareous forests of eastern North America.

Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones

Melicytus alpinus, the porcupine shrub, is a New Zealand endemic slow-growing shrub adapted to harsh alpine and coastal areas.

Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.

Melicytus dentatus, the tree violet, is a spiny shrub native to southeastern Australia that produces berries eaten by Cunningham's spiny-tailed skinks.

Melicytus lanceolatus Hook.fil.

Melicytus lanceolatus is a small endemic New Zealand tree that grows in cool moist forests and acts as an early disturbance colonizer.

Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Melicytus ramiflorus is a small endemic New Zealand tree in the Violaceae family, common in lower-altitude forests.

Pigea floribunda (Lindl.) Lindl.

Pigea floribunda is a disputed-named perennial shrub violet in the Violaceae family native to southern Australia.

Viola adunca Sm.

Viola adunca Sm. is a small perennial violet, with edible aerial parts and toxic rhizomes, fruit, and seeds.

Viola arborescens L.

Viola arborescens, the tree violet, is a cold-hardy Viola species native to the western Mediterranean Basin that blooms in winter and early spring.

Viola arvensis Murray

Viola arvensis Murray is a 20 cm tall herbaceous annual seed-reproducing violet with serrated leaves and mostly white flowers.

Viola banksii K.R.Thiele & Prober

Viola banksii (native violet) is an Australian violet widely cultivated as an easy-to-grow groundcover with striking purple and white flowers.

Viola beckwithii Torr. & A.Gray

Viola beckwithii, the Great Basin violet, is a native perennial violet from the western United States that grows in Great Basin sagebrush habitats.

Viola betonicifolia Sm.

Viola betonicifolia Sm. is a stemless violet with arrow-shaped leaves and purple flowers that grows in Australia and Asia.

Viola biflora L.

Viola biflora L. is a Viola species with multiple common names, found across parts of Asia, Europe, and Western North America.

Viola blanda Willd.

Viola blanda Willd. (sweet white violet) is a small North American violet with white flowers that responds weakly to climate change by shifting flowering time.

Viola calcarata L.

Viola calcarata L. is a small alpine violet that is projected to go extinct in the Swiss Alps by 2050 due to climate warming.

Viola canadensis L.

Viola canadensis, the Canadian white violet, is a widespread perennial violet with edible parts and medicinal use by the South Ojibwa.

Viola canina L.

Viola canina is a small European herbaceous perennial violet native to acidic, moist habitats, host to two pathogenic fungi.

Viola cucullata Aiton

Viola cucullata Aiton, the purple violet, is a low-growing perennial herb that grows in wet meadows, prairies, and fields.

Viola cuneata S.Watson

Viola cuneata S.Watson is a rhizomatous herb with distinctive veined, purple-spotted white flowers.

Viola decumbens L.fil.

Viola decumbens is a small flowering shrub endemic to the extreme south of South Africa’s Western Cape.

Viola douglasii Steud.

Viola douglasii, or Douglas' violet, is a yellow-flowered violet native to western North America.

Viola epipsila Ledeb.

Viola epipsila (dwarf marsh violet) is a perennial Viola forb that spread to the eastern US from northern Europe/Alaska after the 1980s.

Viola eriocarpa (Nutt.) Schwein.

Viola eriocarpa is a violet that grows up to 35cm tall, with scattered stem leaves and golden petals marked with black basal lines.

Viola formosana Hayata

Viola formosana is a small perennial violet species native to the mountainous regions of Taiwan.

Related Families

Euphorbiaceae 287 species Salicaceae 129 species Hypericaceae 73 species Phyllanthaceae 56 species Passifloraceae 50 species Linaceae 29 species Malpighiaceae 14 species Rhizophoraceae 12 species

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