🌿 Family

Violaceae

102 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Violaceae

Viola primulifolia L.

Viola primulifolia, the primrose-leaf violet, is a stemless perennial violet native mainly to eastern North America with a rare Pacific Northwest variety.

Viola pubescens Aiton

Viola pubescens, the downy yellow violet, is a widespread North American violet with two flower types that resembles Viola rotundifolia.

Viola purpurea Kellogg

Viola purpurea Kellogg is a small yellow-flowered violet native to mountain and foothill areas of the western United States.

Viola rafinesquei Greene

Viola rafinesquei (American field pansy) is a winter annual violet native to central and eastern United States with distinct dimorphic flowers.

Viola reichenbachiana Jord. ex Boreau

Viola reichenbachiana is a small flowering violet grown ornamentally for its distinct dull purple star-shaped flowers.

Viola renifolia A.Gray

Viola renifolia, or kidneyleaf white violet, is a small North American native perennial violet with white flowers.

Viola riviniana Rchb.

Viola riviniana, common dog-violet, is a Violaceae perennial native to Eurasia and Africa, common in the British Isles and Ireland.

Viola rostrata Pursh

Viola rostrata Pursh is a stemmed perennial violet with characteristic leaves and spring-blooming pale lilac flowers.

Viola rotundifolia Michx.

Viola rotundifolia, the roundleaf yellow violet, is a small 2-4 inch Viola species native to mesic habitats of eastern North America.

Viola rupestris F.W.Schmidt

Viola rupestris F.W.Schmidt is a flowering plant in the Violaceae family, native to temperate Eurasia.

Viola sagittata Aiton

Viola sagittata, the arrowleaf violet, is a stemless perennial purple-flowered violet native to eastern North America.

Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie

Viola selkirkii, Selkirk's or great-spur violet, is a circumboreal violet with distinctive large spur, dispersed by ants.

Viola sempervirens Greene

Viola sempervirens (redwood violet) is a small low perennial herb with single yellow-petaled flowers that bloom from March to June.

Viola septemloba Leconte

Viola septemloba, the southern coastal violet, is a perennial flowering violet native to the southeastern US Atlantic Plain.

Viola sheltonii Torr.

Viola sheltonii, or Shelton's violet/fan violet, is a rhizomatous yellow-flowered violet native to the western United States.

Viola sororia Willd.

Viola sororia, common meadow violet, is an edible perennial violet, used as food, medicine, and a nectar/host plant for wildlife.

Viola striata Aiton

Viola striata is a small spring-flowering perennial violet native to eastern North America, with edible leaves and blossoms.

Viola tricolor L.

Viola tricolor L. (wild pansy) is a small Eurasian violet with a long history of ornamental and medicinal use.

Viola trinervata (Howell) Howell ex A.Gray

Viola trinervata, the sagebrush violet, is a low perennial herb native to the Columbia River plateau of Washington and Oregon.

Viola uliginosa Besser

Swamp violet (Viola uliginosa) is a flowering plant in the Violaceae family native to Europe.

Viola uniflora L.

Viola uniflora is a perennial flowering violet native to parts of northern and central Asia, found in wetter forest-steppe areas.

Viola vallicola A.Nelson

Viola vallicola is a North American native perennial violet with two accepted varieties.

Viola hallii A.Gray

Viola hallii A.Gray is a rhizomatous herb with distinctive patterned flowers, found in southwestern Oregon.

Viola bakeri Greene

Viola bakeri Greene is a small herb with yellow violets growing from a woody taproot.

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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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