Viola Linnaeus

Viola Linnaeus is an accepted genus name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2015.

Vernacular names

violette Marie-Victorin, 1995

violet FNA Ed. Comm., 2015

Synonyms

Distribution

Native
Introduced
Ephemeral
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent

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Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Rosanae
Order	Malpighiales
Family	Violaceae
Subfamily	Violoideae
Tribe	Violeae
Genus	Viola
Subgenus	Viola subg. Viola
Section	Viola sect. Chamaemelanium
Species	Viola biflora
Species	Viola biflora var. carlottae × Viola glabella
Species	Viola canadensis
Species	Viola eriocarpa
Species	Viola glabella
Species	Viola nuttallii
Species	Viola orbiculata
Species	Viola praemorsa
Species	Viola pubescens
Species	Viola purpurea
Species	Viola rotundifolia
Species	Viola rugulosa
Species	Viola sempervirens
Species	Viola vallicola
Section	Viola sect. Melanium
Subsection	Viola subsect. Bracteolatae
Species	Viola arvensis
Species	Viola tricolor
Species	Viola ×wittrockiana
Subsection	Viola subsect. Cleistogamae
Species	Viola rafinesquei
Section	Viola sect. Nosphinium
Subsection	Viola subsect. Borealiamericanae
Species	Viola affinis
Species	Viola baxteri
Species	Viola cucullata
Species	Viola egglestonii
Species	Viola fimbriatula
Species	Viola grisea
Species	Viola nephrophylla
Species	Viola novae-angliae
Species	Viola palmata
Species	Viola pedatifida
Species	Viola sagittata
Species	Viola sagittata × Viola sororia
Species	Viola septentrionalis
Species	Viola sororia
Species	Viola subsinuata
Species	Viola ×bernardii
Species	Viola ×melissifolia
Species	Viola ×populifolia
Species	Viola ×porteriana
Subsection	Viola subsect. Langsdorffianae
Species	Viola howellii
Species	Viola langsdorffii
Subsection	Viola subsect. Pedatae
Species	Viola pedata
Section	Viola sect. Plagiostigma
Subsection	Viola subsect. Patellares
Species	Viola selkirkii
Subsection	Viola subsect. Stolonosae
Species	Viola blanda
Species	Viola incognita
Species	Viola lanceolata
Species	Viola macloskeyi
Species	Viola minuscula
Species	Viola minuscula × Viola renifolia
Species	Viola palustris
Species	Viola renifolia
Species	Viola suecica
Species	Viola ×sublanceolata
Section	Viola sect. Viola
Subsection	Viola subsect. Rostratae
Species	Viola adunca
Species	Viola adunca var. adunca × Viola labradorica
Species	Viola aduncoides
Species	Viola canina
Species	Viola labradorica
Species	Viola riviniana
Species	Viola rostrata
Species	Viola striata
Species	Viola ×brauniae
Species	Viola ×eclipes
Species	Viola ×malteana
Subsection	Viola subsect. Viola
Species	Viola odorata

Habit

Herb