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   SOME VIOLA SPECIES with COMMON NAMES

Below is a listing of Viola Species with some more common names

As there are over 400 species the list is not exhaustive

If you know any by other names we would be pleased to hear from you

Viola acuminata acuminate violet

Viola adunca var. adunca hooked spur violet

Viola adunca var. kirkii Kirk's violet

Viola adunca var. oxyceras hooked spur violet; sharptail violet

Viola adunca hooked spur violet; western dog violet

Viola affinis sand violet , LeConte violet

Viola appalachiensis Appalachian violet

Viola arizonica the Arizona violet

Viola arvensis field pansy, European wild pansy

Viola bakeri Baker's violet

Viola beckwithii ssp. beckwithii Beckwith's violet

Viola beckwithii ssp. glabrata western pansy

Viola beckwithii Beckwith's violet; Great Basin violet

Viola bellidifolia Daisy leaved violet

Viola bicolor field pansy

Viola biflora ssp. biflora twoflower violet

Viola biflora ssp. carlottae Carlott's violet

Viola biflora two flower violet

Viola blanda var. blanda sweet white violet

Viola blanda var. palustriformis sweet white violet; marsh violet

Viola blanda sweet white violet; willdenow violet; woodland white violet

Viola brevistipulata short stipule violet

Viola brittoniana var. brittoniana northern coastal violet

Viola brittoniana var. pectinata combed northern coastal violet, uncut .

Viola brittoniana northern coastal violet; coast violet ,Britton violet

Viola californica California violet

Viola canadensis var. canadensis Canadian white violet

Viola canadensis var. corymbosa Canadian white violet

Viola canadensis var. rugulosa creeping root violet

Viola canadensis var. scariosa shriveled Canadian white violet

Viola canadensis var. scopulorum Canadian rock white violet

Viola canadensis Canadian white violet; Canada violet; tall white violet

Viola canina ssp. canina heath dog violet

Viola canina ssp. montana heath dog violet

Viola canina heath violet; dog violet

Viola chamissoniana ssp. chamissoniana olopu

Viola chamissoniana ssp. robusta large olopu

Viola chamissoniana ssp. tracheliifolia olopu

Viola chamissoniana olopu

Viola charlestonensis Charleston Mountain violet

Viola chinensis China violet

Viola cognata Western Bog violet

Viola collina hillside violet

Viola conspersa American dog violet, Early Pale Blue violet

Viola cornuta horned violet; bedding pansy

Viola cucullata marsh blue violet

Viola cuneata wedge leaf violet, Northern two-eyed violet

Viola diffusa spreading violet

Viola douglasii Douglas' golden violet

Viola egglestonii glade violet, Eggleston violet

Viola epipsila ssp. repens dwarf marsh violet; creeping marsh violet

Viola epipsila dwarf marsh violet; two leaved marsh violet

Viola flettii Olympic violet; rock violet

Viola floridana The Florida violet

Viola frank-smithii Frank-Smith's violet

Viola glabella pioneer violet; stream violet

Viola grypoceras ( )

Viola guadalupensis Guadalupe violet

Viola hallii Oregon violet, Hall violet

Viola hastata halberd leaf yellow violet

Viola hederacea Australian violet; trailing violet; Ivy leaf violet; Tasmanian violet

Viola helenae Wahiawa stream violet

Viola hirsutula southern woodland violet

Viola hispida Rouen pansy

Viola howellii Howell's violet

Viola incognita large leaved white violet

Viola japonica Japanese violet

Viola kauaensis var. kauaensis pohe hiwa

Viola kauaensis var. wahiawaensis pohe hiwa

Viola kauaensis pohe hiwa

Viola keiskei ( )

Viola labradorica alpine violet; Labrador violet

Viola lactea pale dog violet

Viola lanaiensis Hawaii violet

Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata lanceleaf bog white violet

Viola lanceolata ssp. occidentalis eastern bog white violet

Viola lanceolata ssp. vittata bog white violet

Viola lanceolata bog white violet

Viola langsdorfii Aleutian violet; Alaska violet

Viola lithion rock violet

Viola lobata ssp. integrifolia moosehorn violet

Viola lobata ssp. lobata moosehorn violet

Viola lobata var. lobata moosehorn violet

Viola lobata moosehorn violet; yellow wood violet

Viola lovelliana Lovell's violet

Viola lutea mountain pansy

Viola macloskeyi ssp. macloskeyi Macloskey's violet; western sweet white violet

Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens smooth white violet

Viola macloskeyi small white violet; western sweet white violet

Viola mandschurica Manchurian violet

Viola maviensis Hawaii bog violet

Viola mirabilis wonder violet

Viola missouriensis Missouri violet; banded violet

Viola nephrophylla var. nephrophylla northern bog violet

Viola novae-angliae House New England blue violet

Viola nuttallii Nuttall's violet; yellow prairie violet

Viola oahuensis Oahu violet

Viola obliqua marsh blue violet

Viola obtusa blunt violet

Viola ocellata pinto violet; two eyed violet

Viola odorata sweet violet; garden violet; English violet; dooryard violet, Devon violet

Viola orbiculata darkwoods violet; western round leaved violet

Viola palmata var. palmata early blue violet

Viola palmata early blue violet; palmate violet; wild okra

Viola palustris var. brevipes marsh violet

Viola palustris var. palustris marsh violet

Viola palustris marsh violet; alpine marsh violet

Viola patrinii stemless violet

Viola pedata birdfoot violet; bird's foot violet; crowfoot violet; pansy violet

Viola pedatifida prairie violet; prairie birdfoot violet; larkspur violet; purple prairie violet

Viola pedunculata ssp. pedunculata California golden violet

Viola pedunculata ssp. tenuifolia threadleaf California golden violet

Viola pedunculata California golden violet; grass pansy; johnny-jump-up; gallito

Viola pinetorum ssp. grisea goosefoot violet

Viola pinetorum ssp. pinetorum goosefoot violet

Viola pinetorum goosefoot yellow violet

Viola pinnata pinnate violet

Viola praemorsa ssp. flavovirens upland yellow violet

Viola praemorsa ssp. linguifolia upland yellow violet

Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa canary violet

Viola praemorsa canary violet

Viola primulifolia primrose leaved violet

Viola prionantha ( )

Viola psychodes butterfly violet

Viola pubescens var. peckii Peck's downy yellow violet

Viola pubescens var. pubescens smooth yellow violet

Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula rough yellow violet

Viola pubescens downy yellow violet

Viola purpurea ssp. aurea goosefoot yellow violet

Viola purpurea ssp. dimorpha two formed goosefoot violet

Viola purpurea ssp. geophyta rock goosefoot violet

Viola purpurea ssp. integrifolia entire leaved goosefoot violet

Viola purpurea ssp. mesophyta goosefoot violet

Viola purpurea ssp. mohavensis Mojave yellow violet

Viola purpurea ssp. purpurea purple goosefoot violet; pine violet

Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum goosefoot yellow violet

Viola purpurea ssp. venosa goosefoot yellow violet

Viola purpurea goosefoot violet

Viola rafinesquii field pansy

Viola reichanbachiana slender wood violet

Viola renifolia var. renifolia kidney leaf white violet

Viola renifolia northern white violet; kidney leaved white violet

Viola riviniana wood violet; dog violet

Viola rostrata long spur violet

Viola rotundifolia eastern round leaf yellow violet; early yellow violet

Viola rupestris Teesdale violet; rock violet

Viola sagittata arrow leaf violet

Viola selkirkii Selkirk's violet

Viola sempervirens evergreen violet; redwood violet

Viola septemloba southern coastal violet

Viola septentrionalis var. septentrionalis northern woodland violet; northern blue violet

Viola sheltonii Shelton's violet

Viola sororaria woolly blue violet

Viola striata striped cream violet; pale violet; striped violet

Viola subsinuata wavy leaf violet

Viola tokubuchiana ( )

Viola tomentosa felt leaf violet

Viola tricolor johnny jump up; heart's-ease; love in idleness; wild pansy; pink of my john

Viola trinervata Rainier violet; sagebrush violet

Viola tripartita threepart violet

Viola umbraticola var. glaberrima Ponderosa violet

Viola umbraticola var. umbraticola Ponderosa violet

Viola umbraticola Ponderosa violet

Viola utahensis Utah violet

Viola vaginata sheathed violet

Viola vallicola var. major large valley violet

Viola vallicola var. vallicola sagebrush violet

Viola vallicola valley violet

Viola variegata ( )

Viola verecunda hidden violet

Viola viarum two flower 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 ( )