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Violaceae

102 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Violaceae

Viola pinetorum Greene

Viola pinetorum, an endemic California violet, grows in mountain habitats and bears distinct yellow five-petaled flowers.

Viola flettii Piper

Viola flettii Piper is a vulnerable violet endemic to Washington’s Olympic Mountains with small, limited populations threatened by introduced mountain goats.

Viola tripartita Elliott

Viola tripartita, the threepart violet, is a small yellow-flowered perennial violet native to Eastern North America.

Viola silicestris K.R.Thiele & Prober

Viola silicestris (sandstone violet) is a native Australian perennial violet described in 2006.

Viola cleistogamoides (L.G.Adams) Seppelt

Viola cleistogamoides, the hidden violet, is an endangered perennial violet shrub native to southeastern Australia.

Viola eminens K.R.Thiele & Prober

Viola eminens is a perennial stolon-spreading Viola herb native to southeastern Australia.

Viola cornuta L.

Viola cornuta, or horned pansy, is an evergreen perennial flowering plant native to northern Spain, widely grown in cultivation.

Viola rubella Cav.

Viola rubella Cav. is a flowering plant in Violaceae endemic to southern Chile between Biobío and Los Lagos regions.

Viola reichei Skottsb.

Viola reichei is a small perennial yellow-flowered violet native to southern South America's temperate mountain habitats.

Viola brittoniana Pollard

Viola brittoniana is a rare endemic blue-flowered perennial violet from the eastern US with distinctive lobed leaves.

Viola egglestonii Brainerd

Viola egglestonii (glade violet) is a rare endemic stemless violet native to limestone cedar glades in the southeastern U.S.

Viola hirsutula Brainerd

Viola hirsutula, the southern woodland violet, is a perennial violet found in the eastern United States.

Viola subsinuata (Greene) Greene

Viola subsinuata, the early blue violet, is a perennial flowering violet native to eastern North America with a complex taxonomic history.

Viola kauaensis A.Gray

Viola kauaensis (Kauai violet, pohe hiwa) is a rare endemic Hawaiian violet species with three rare varieties found on Kauai and Oahu.

Viola stipularis Sw.

Viola stipularis Sw. is a low herb that colonizes disturbed habitats across Central and northern South America.

Viola walteri House

Viola walteri, the prostrate blue violet, is an uncommon perennial spring ephemeral violet native to southeastern and Appalachian North America.

Viola lactea Sm.

Viola lactea Sm. is a distinctive violet species native to Western Europe that hybridizes with other violets and grows on heathland.

Viola elatior Fr.

Viola elatior Fr. is a rare, habitat-specific violet native to northern Europe and northern Asia with long-lived seeds.

Viola stagnina Kit.

Viola elatior is a rare violet native to Eurasia that grows in damp lime-rich fens and marshes.

Viola L.

Erysimum cheiranthoides (wormseed wallflower) is a Brassicaceae species studied for its defensive cardenolides and use as a model organism.

Viola mandshurica W.Becker

Viola mandshurica is an East Asian violet, popular as a garden plant, whose flowers are used in Korean festival food.

Viola epipsila subsp. repens (Turcz.) W.Becker

Viola epipsila (dwarf marsh violet) is a perennial forb native to parts of North America, Europe and Russia, that spread to eastern US after the 1980s.

Viola incognita Brainerd

Viola incognita, the sweet white violet, is a small violet with white flowers that has a weak response to climate change via shifting flowering time.

Viola cunninghamii Hook.fil.

Viola cunninghamii is a rhizomatous perennial violet found in alpine mountain habitats of New Zealand, Tasmania, and the Chatham Islands.

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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