| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Mostly Mountains and Piedmont; 2 records from the Coastal Plain. Specimens from Harnett, Lee, and Orange counties are misidentified or from cultivated plants.
Native of Eurasia; in N.A. Newf. to AK, south to FL, TX, CA. | |
| Abundance | Rare to uncommon. Cultivated rather widely in former decades, but not much now. Escaped locally. | |
| Habitat | Yard weed, garden weed, roadsides, "woody weedy area", edge of old cottonfield, weed in campus plant beds. | |
| Phenology | Flowering March-June. | |
| Identification | This species looks in the field like V. arvensis, but the upper 2 petals are violet or dark blue, while the lower are white to creamy. The lowest petal may also have a yellow patch basally. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | General note on Viola: In 2009-10 B.A. Sorrie (website map editor) went through the whole collection at NCU, annotating all specimens against those verified by experts in the genus. The range maps in RAB (1968) have been changed accordingly. More recently, Harvey Ballard and colleagues are in the process of revising all Eastern and Southeastern Viola, and have annotated all specimens at NCU in July 2024. They recognize additional species not in RAB or in previous editions of Weakley et al.; we will follow updated editions of Weakley et al. in recognizing them. Species range maps have been adjusted to account for identification changes. | |
| Other Common Name(s) | Garden Violet | |
| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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