List of Viola species


This is a list of species in the plant genus Viola, often known as violets or pansies.
Viola is the largest genus in the family Violaceae, containing over 680 species.
Although similarly named, neither African violets nor dogtooth violets are closely related to the true violas.

A

  • Viola abbreviata
  • Viola × aberrans
  • Viola abulensis
  • Viola × abundans
  • Viola abyssinica
  • Viola acanthophylla
  • Viola accrescens
  • Viola acrocerauniensis
  • Viola acuminata – acuminate violet
  • Viola acutifolia
  • Viola adenothrix
  • Viola × adulterina
  • Viola adunca – hookedspur violet, western dog violet
  • Viola aduncoides
  • Viola aethnensis
  • Viola aetolica
  • Viola affinis – sand violet
  • Viola aizoon
  • Viola alaica
  • Viola alba – white violet
  • Viola albanica
  • Viola albida
  • Viola × albimaritima
  • Viola × albovii
  • Viola alburnica
  • Viola alexandrowiana
  • Viola alexejana
  • Viola allchariensis – alšar violet
  • Viola alliariifolia
  • Viola allochroa
  • Viola alpina
  • Viola altaica
  • Viola amamiana
  • Viola ambigua
  • Viola amiatina
  • Viola amurica
  • Viola anagae
  • Viola × angelliae
  • Viola angkae
  • Viola angustifolia
  • Viola anitae
  • Viola annamensis
  • Viola appalachiensis – Appalachian violet
  • Viola araucaniae
  • Viola arborescens
  • Viola argentina
  • Viola arguta
  • Viola arsenica
  • Viola arvensis – field pansy, European field pansy
  • Viola athois
  • Viola atropurpurea
  • Viola aurantiaca
  • Viola aurata
  • Viola auricolor
  • Viola auricula
  • Viola austrosinensis
  • ''Viola × awagatakensis''

B

  • Viola × bachtschisaraensis
  • Viola bakeri – Baker's violet
  • Viola balansae
  • Viola balcanica
  • Viola bangii
  • Viola banksii – Banks' violet
  • Viola baoshanensis
  • Viola barhalensis
  • Viola barkalovii
  • Viola barroetana
  • Viola × bavarica
  • Viola baxteri
  • Viola beamanii
  • Viola beati
  • Viola beckeriana
  • Viola beckiana
  • Viola beckwithii – Beckwith's violet, Great Basin violet
  • Viola belophylla
  • Viola bertolonii
  • Viola betonicifolia – showy violet, mountain violet
  • Viola bezdelevae
  • Viola bhutanica
  • Viola biflora – yellow wood violet, twoflower violet, arctic yellow violet
  • Viola binayensis
  • Viola × bissellii – Bissell's violet
  • Viola bissetii
  • Viola blanda – sweet white violet, Willdenow's violet
  • Viola blandiformis
  • Viola × blaxlandiae
  • Viola bocquetiana
  • Viola boissieuana
  • Viola boliviana
  • Viola brachyceras
  • Viola brachypetala
  • Viola brachyphylla
  • Viola × braunii – Braun's violet
  • Viola breviflora
  • Viola brevistipulata – short stipule violet
  • Viola bridgesii
  • Viola brittoniana – northern coastal violet, coast violet
  • Viola bubanii
  • Viola bulbosa
  • Viola × burnatii
  • ''Viola bustillosia''

C

  • Viola × caesariensis
  • Viola calabra
  • Viola calcarata
  • Viola calchaquiensis
  • Viola calcicola
  • Viola caleyana
  • Viola cameleo
  • Viola canadensis – Canadian white violet, Canada violet
  • Viola canescens
  • Viola canina – dog violet, European heath dog violet
  • Viola capillaris
  • Viola caspia
  • Viola cassinensis
  • Viola caucasica
  • Viola cavillieri
  • Viola cazorlensis
  • Viola cenisia
  • Viola cephalonica
  • Viola cerasifolia
  • Viola cervatiana
  • Viola × cestrica
  • Viola chaerophylloides
  • Viola chalcosperma
  • Viola chamaedrys
  • Viola chamissoniana – olopu
  • Viola × champlainensis
  • Viola changii
  • Viola charlestonensis – Charleston mountain violet
  • Viola chassanica
  • Viola cheeseana
  • Viola cheiranthifolia – Teide violet
  • Viola chejuensis – China violet
  • Viola chelmea
  • Viola chiapasiensis
  • Viola × chrysantha
  • Viola cilentana
  • Viola cilicica
  • Viola cinerea
  • Viola clauseniana
  • Viola cleistogamoides
  • Viola cochranei
  • Viola collina – hill violet
  • Viola × columbiana
  • Viola columnaris
  • Viola comberi
  • Viola commersonii
  • Viola communis
  • Viola comollia
  • Viola concordifolia
  • Viola confertifolia
  • Viola congesta
  • Viola × conjugens
  • Viola × consobrina
  • Viola × consocia
  • Viola × consona
  • Viola × contempta
  • Viola × conturbata
  • Viola × convicta
  • Viola × cooperrideri
  • Viola × cordifolia
  • Viola cornuta – horned pansy, horned violet, Johnny-jump-up, bedding pansy
  • Viola coronifera
  • Viola corralensis
  • Viola corsica
  • Viola cotyledon
  • Viola crassa
  • Viola crassifolia
  • Viola crassiuscula
  • Viola × crassula
  • Viola cuatrecasasii
  • Viola cucullata – marsh blue violet
  • Viola cuicochensis
  • Viola culminis
  • Viola cuneata – wedgeleaf violet
  • Viola cunninghamii
  • Viola curtisiae
  • Viola cuspidifolia
  • ''Viola czemalensis''

D

  • Viola dacica
  • Viola dactyloides
  • Viola dalatensis
  • Viola dandoisiorum
  • Viola danielae
  • Viola dasyphylla
  • Viola davidii
  • Viola × davisii – Davis' violet
  • Viola decipiens
  • Viola declinata
  • Viola decumbens
  • Viola dehnhardtii
  • Viola delavayi
  • Viola delphinantha
  • Viola demetria
  • Viola denizliensis
  • Viola diamantiaca
  • Viola dichroa
  • Viola diffusa – spreading violet
  • Viola × dimissa
  • Viola dimorphophylla
  • Viola dirimliensis
  • Viola dirphya
  • Viola × discors
  • Viola disjuncta
  • Viola dissecta
  • Viola × dissena
  • Viola × dissita
  • Viola diversifolia
  • Viola doerfleri
  • Viola × doii
  • Viola dombeyana
  • Viola domeikoana
  • Viola domestica
  • Viola douglasii – Douglas' golden violet
  • Viola dubyana
  • Viola duclouxii
  • Viola dukadjinica
  • ''Viola dyris''

E

  • Viola × eamesii – Eames' violet
  • Viola × eclipes
  • Viola ecuadorensis
  • Viola edulis
  • Viola × egglestoniana
  • Viola egglestonii – glade violet
  • Viola × egregia
  • Viola eizanensis
  • Viola × eizasieboldii
  • Viola elatior
  • Viola elegantula
  • Viola emarginata
  • Viola eminens
  • Viola eminii
  • Viola enmae
  • Viola epipsila – dwarf marsh violet, large marsh violet
  • Viola epirota
  • Viola eriocarpa
  • Viola ermenekensis
  • Viola × erratica
  • Viola erythraea
  • Viola escarapela
  • Viola escondidaensis
  • Viola etrusca
  • Viola euboea
  • Viola eugeniae
  • Viola evae
  • Viola × excerpta
  • Viola eximia
  • ''Viola exsul''

F

  • Viola falconeri
  • Viola × fallacissima
  • Viola farkasiana
  • Viola faurieana
  • Viola × fennica
  • Viola ferdinandea
  • Viola × fernaldii
  • Viola ferrarinii
  • Viola ferreyrae
  • Viola × festata
  • Viola filicaulis
  • Viola × filicetorum
  • Viola fimbriatula – fringed violet
  • Viola fischeri
  • Viola flagelliformis
  • Viola flavicans
  • Viola flettii – Olympic violet, rock violet
  • Viola floridana
  • Viola flos-idae
  • Viola fluehmannii
  • Viola formosana
  • Viola forrestiana
  • Viola fragrans
  • Viola frank-smithii – Frank-Smith's violet
  • Viola friderici
  • Viola frigida
  • Viola frondosa
  • Viola frusinatae
  • Viola fruticosa
  • Viola × fujisanensis
  • Viola fuscifolia
  • ''Viola fuscoviolacea''

G

  • Viola galeanaensis
  • Viola × ganeschinii
  • Viola ganiatsasii
  • Viola gaviolii
  • Viola gelida
  • Viola germainii
  • Viola glabella
  • Viola glaberrima
  • Viola glandularis
  • Viola glechomoides
  • Viola gmeliniana
  • Viola godoyae
  • Viola × gotlandica
  • Viola gracilis
  • Viola gracillima
  • Viola graeca
  • Viola grahamii
  • Viola × grandis
  • Viola grandisepala
  • Viola granulosa
  • Viola grayi
  • Viola × greatrexii
  • Viola × greenei
  • Viola × greenmanii
  • Viola grisebachiana
  • Viola × grubovii
  • Viola grypoceras
  • Viola guadalupensis – Guadalupe violet
  • Viola guangzhouensis
  • Viola guatemalensis
  • ''Viola guaxarensis''

H

  • Viola × halacsyana
  • Viola hallii – Oregon violet
  • Viola hamiltoniana
  • Viola hancockii
  • Viola hastata - halberd-leaf yellow violet
  • Viola × haynaldii
  • Viola hederacea – Australian violet, trailing violet
  • Viola hediniana
  • Viola heldreichiana
  • Viola helena – Wahiawa stream violet
  • Viola hemsleyana
  • Viola henriquesii
  • Viola henryi
  • Viola herzogii – Herzog violet
  • Viola × heterocarpa
  • Viola hieronymi
  • Viola hillii
  • Viola hirsutula – southern woodland violet
  • Viola hirta – hairy violet
  • Viola × hirtiformis
  • Viola hirtipes
  • Viola hispida – Rouen pansy
  • Viola hissarica
  • Viola × hollickii – Hollick's violet
  • Viola × holmiana
  • Viola hondoensis
  • Viola hookeri
  • Viola hookeriana
  • Viola howellii – Howell's violet
  • Viola huesoensis
  • Viola huidobrii
  • Viola huizhouensis
  • Viola hultenii
  • Viola humilis
  • Viola × hungarica
  • Viola hybanthoides
  • Viola hymettia
  • ''Viola × hyrcanica''

I

  • Viola × ibukiana
  • Viola × igoschinae
  • Viola ilvensis
  • Viola imbricata
  • Viola improcera
  • Viola incisa
  • Viola × incissecta
  • Viola incognita – large-leaved white violet
  • Viola inconspicua
  • Viola indica
  • Viola × indivisa
  • Viola ingolensis
  • Viola × insessa
  • Viola × insolita
  • Viola × interjecta
  • Viola × intersita
  • Viola ircutiana
  • Viola irinae
  • Viola isaurica
  • Viola × iselensis
  • Viola isopetala
  • Viola ivonis
  • ''Viola iwagawae''

J

  • Viola × jagellonica
  • Viola jalapaensis
  • Viola jangiensis
  • Viola japonica – Japanese violet
  • Viola jaubertiana
  • Viola javanica
  • Viola jeniseensis
  • Viola × jindoensis
  • Viola jinggangshanensis
  • Viola jizushanensis
  • Viola × joannis-wagneri
  • Viola joergensenii
  • Viola johnstonii
  • Viola jooi – Carpathian violet, Transylvanian violet
  • Viola jordanii
  • Viola × josephii
  • ''Viola × juzepczukii''

K

  • Viola kamtschadalorum
  • Viola × karakulensis
  • Viola kauaensis – pohe hiwa
  • Viola keiskei
  • Viola kermesina
  • Viola × kerneri
  • Viola × kisoana
  • Viola kitaibeliana – dwarf pansy
  • Viola kitamiana
  • Viola kizildaghensis
  • Viola kjellbergii
  • Viola × klingeana
  • Viola kopaonikensis
  • Viola kosanensis
  • Viola kosaninii – Košanin violet
  • Viola kouliana
  • Viola × kozo-poljanskii
  • Viola × krascheninnikoviorum
  • Viola kunawarensis
  • Viola kusanoana
  • ''Viola kusnezowiana''

L

  • Viola labradorica – alpine violet, Labrador violet
  • Viola × lacmonica
  • Viola lactea – pale dog violet
  • Viola lactiflora
  • Viola lainzii
  • Viola lanaiensis – Hawaii violet
  • Viola lanceolata – bog white violet
  • Viola langeana
  • Viola langloisii
  • Viola langsdorffii – Aleutian violet, Alaska violet
  • Viola lanifera
  • Viola laricicola
  • Viola latistipula
  • Viola latiuscula
  • Viola × lavandulacea
  • Viola lehmannii
  • Viola leyboldiana
  • Viola libanotica
  • Viola lilliputana – Lilliputian violet
  • Viola lilloana
  • Viola limbarae
  • Viola lithion – rock violet
  • Viola × litoralis
  • Viola livonica
  • Viola llullaillacoensis
  • Viola lobata – moosehorn violet, yellow wood violet, pine violet
  • Viola lologensis
  • Viola longibracteolata
  • Viola longipetiolata
  • Viola lovelliana
  • Viola lucens
  • Viola × luciae – Lucy's violet
  • Viola lungtungensis
  • Viola lutea – mountain pansy
  • Viola × lutzii
  • Viola lyallii – New Zealand native violet, ''haaka''

M

  • Viola macloskeyi – small white violet, western sweet white violet
  • Viola macroceras
  • Viola maculata
  • Viola magellanica
  • Viola magellensis
  • Viola magnifica
  • Viola majchurensis
  • Viola × malteana
  • Viola mandonii
  • Viola mandshurica – Fuji dawn
  • Viola maoershanensis
  • Viola marcelaferreyrae
  • Viola marcelorosasii
  • Viola × markgrafii
  • Viola maroccana
  • Viola × marylandica
  • Viola × matczkasensis
  • Viola matronae
  • Viola mauritii
  • Viola maviensis – Hawaii bog violet
  • Viola maximowicziana
  • Viola maymanica
  • Viola mearnsii
  • Viola × melissifolia
  • Viola membranacea
  • Viola × menitzkii
  • Viola mercurii
  • Viola merrilliana
  • Viola merxmuelleri
  • Viola mesadensis
  • Viola miaolingensis
  • Viola micranthella
  • Viola microcentra
  • Viola microphylla
  • Viola milanae
  • Viola × militaris
  • Viola minuscula
  • Viola minuta
  • Viola minutiflora
  • Viola mirabilis – wonder violet
  • Viola missouriensis – Missouri violet, banded violet
  • Viola × mistura
  • Viola × mixta
  • Viola modesta
  • Viola × modica
  • Viola molisana
  • Viola × mollicula
  • Viola mongolica
  • Viola montagnei
  • Viola montcaunica
  • Viola × montivaga
  • Viola moupinensis
  • Viola mucronulifera
  • Viola muehldorfii
  • Viola × mulfordiae – Mulford's violet
  • Viola muliensis
  • Viola munbyana
  • Viola murronensis
  • ''Viola muscoides''

N

  • Viola nagasawae
  • Viola × najadum
  • Viola nana
  • Viola nanlingensis
  • Viola nannae
  • Viola nannei
  • Viola nassauvioides
  • Viola nebrodensis
  • Viola × neglectiformis
  • Viola nemoralis
  • Viola nephrophylla – northern bog violet
  • Viola × nephrophylloides
  • Viola niederleinii
  • Viola × nikitinii
  • Viola nitida
  • Viola nobilis
  • Viola × notabilis
  • Viola novae-angliae – New England blue violet
  • Viola nubigena
  • Viola nuda
  • Viola nujiangensis
  • Viola nummulariifolia
  • Viola nuttallii – Nuttall's violet, yellow prairie violet

O

  • Viola oahuensis – Oahu violet
  • Viola obituaria
  • Viola oblonga
  • Viola obtusa – blunt violet
  • Viola × obtusoacuminata
  • Viola × obtusogrypoceras
  • Viola occulta
  • Viola ocellata – pinto violet, two-eyed violet
  • Viola odontocalycina
  • Viola odorata – sweet violet
  • Viola × ogawae
  • Viola × okuharae
  • Viola × olimpia
  • Viola orbelica
  • Viola orbiculata – darkwoods violet, western round-leaved violet
  • Viola oreades
  • Viola orientalis
  • Viola ornata
  • Viola orphanidis
  • Viola orthoceras
  • Viola ovalleana
  • Viola ovato-oblonga
  • ''Viola oxyodontis''

P

  • Viola pachyrrhiza
  • Viola pachysoma
  • Viola pacifica
  • Viola painteri
  • Viola palatina
  • Viola pallascaensis
  • Viola palmata – crowfoot violet, early blue violet, palmate violet
  • Viola palmensis
  • Viola palustris – marsh violet, alpine marsh violet
  • Viola papuana
  • Viola paradoxa
  • Viola × parca
  • Viola parnonia
  • Viola parvula
  • Viola patrinii – stemless violet
  • Viola × peckiana – Peck's violet
  • Viola pectinata
  • Viola pedata – birdfoot violet, crowfoot violet
  • Viola pedatifida – prairie violet, prairie birdfoot violet
  • Viola pedunculata – California golden violet, grass pansy, yellow pansy
  • Viola pekinensis
  • Viola pendulicarpa
  • Viola pentadactyla
  • Viola perinensis
  • Viola × perplexa
  • Viola perpusilla
  • Viola perreniformis
  • Viola petraea
  • Viola phalacrocarpa
  • Viola philippiana
  • Viola philippica
  • Viola phitosiana
  • Viola pilosa
  • Viola pilushanensis
  • Viola pinetorum – goosefoot violet
  • Viola pinnata – pinnate violet
  • Viola pitouchaoensis
  • Viola placida
  • Viola × pluricaulis
  • Viola pluviae
  • Viola × poelliana
  • Viola poetica
  • Viola polycephala
  • Viola polypoda
  • Viola × polysecta
  • Viola × popovae
  • Viola × populifolia
  • Viola × porphyrea
  • Viola portalesia
  • Viola × porteriana – Porter's violet
  • Viola portulacea
  • Viola praemorsa – canary violet
  • Viola pratincola
  • Viola primulifolia – primrose-leaf violet
  • Viola principis
  • Viola prionantha
  • Viola producta
  • Viola pseudaetolica
  • Viola pseudograeca
  • Viola × pseudomakinoi
  • Viola pubescens – downy yellow violet
  • Viola pubipetala
  • Viola pulvinata
  • Viola pumila – meadow violet
  • Viola purpurea – goosefoot violet
  • Viola pusilla
  • Viola pusillima
  • Viola pygmaea
  • Viola × pynzarii
  • ''Viola pyrenaica''

Q

  • ''Viola quercetorum''

R

S

  • Viola saccata
  • Viola sacchalinensis
  • Viola sacculus
  • Viola sagittata – arrowleaf violet
  • Viola samothracica
  • Viola sandaiojiaoensis
  • Viola sandrasea
  • Viola santiagonensis
  • Viola × savatieri
  • Viola saxifraga
  • Viola × scabra
  • Viola scandens
  • Viola schachimardanica
  • Viola schariensis – Šar mountain violet
  • Viola × schauloi
  • Viola scopulorum
  • Viola scorpiuroides
  • Viola seleriana
  • Viola selkirkii – northern violet, Selkirk's violet
  • Viola sempervirens – evergreen violet, redwood violet
  • Viola sempervivum
  • Viola × semseyana
  • Viola senzanensis
  • Viola septemloba – southern coastal violet
  • Viola septentrionalis – northern woodland violet, northern blue violet
  • Viola sequeirae
  • Viola × sermenika
  • Viola serpentinicola
  • Viola serresiana
  • Viola sfikasiana
  • Viola shaoyoukengensis
  • Viola sheltonii – Shelton's violet
  • Viola shikokiana
  • Viola shinchikuensis
  • Viola shiweii
  • Viola sieberiana
  • Viola sieboldii
  • Viola sieheana
  • Viola sikkimensis
  • Viola silicestris
  • Viola singularis
  • Viola sintenisii
  • Viola sirinica
  • Viola × skofitziana
  • Viola skottsbergiana
  • Viola × slavinii – Slavin's violet
  • Viola somchetica
  • Viola sororia – woolly blue violet
  • Viola spathulata
  • Viola speciosa
  • Viola spegazzinii
  • Viola sphaerocarpa
  • Viola stagnina
  • Viola steinbachii
  • Viola stewardiana
  • Viola stipularis
  • Viola stocksii
  • Viola stojanowii
  • Viola stoloniflora
  • Viola stoneana
  • Viola striata – striped violet, striped cream violet, pale violet
  • Viola striatella
  • Viola striis-notata
  • Viola stuebelii
  • Viola suavis – Russian violet
  • Viola subandina
  • Viola subasica
  • Viola subatlantica
  • Viola subdimidiata
  • Viola × sublanceolata
  • Viola subsinuata – wavy-leaf violet
  • Viola suecica
  • Viola × sukaczewii
  • Viola sumatrana
  • ''Viola szetschwanensis''

T

  • Viola taltalensis
  • Viola tanaitica
  • Viola × taradakensis
  • Viola tarbagataica
  • Viola tashiroi
  • Viola tatjanae
  • Viola tectiflora
  • Viola tenuipes
  • Viola tenuissima
  • Viola teplouchovii
  • Viola teshioensis
  • Viola thasia
  • Viola thianschanica
  • Viola thibaudieri
  • Viola thomasiana
  • Viola thomsonii
  • Viola thymifolia
  • Viola tienschiensis
  • Viola × tigirekica
  • Viola tineorum
  • Viola tokubuchiana
  • Viola tomentosa – feltleaf violet
  • Viola × torslundensis
  • Viola tovarii
  • Viola triangulifolia
  • Viola trichopetala
  • Viola trichosepala
  • Viola tricolor – wild pansy, heart's-ease, Johnny-jump-up
  • Viola tridentata
  • Viola triflabellata
  • Viola trinervata – Rainier violet, sagebrush violet
  • Viola tripartita – threepart violet
  • Viola trochlearis
  • Viola truncata
  • Viola tucumanensis
  • Viola turkestanica
  • Viola turritella
  • Viola × tuvinica
  • ''Viola × tzvelevii''

U

V

  • Viola vadimii
  • Viola vaginata – sheathed violet
  • Viola valderia
  • Viola vallenarensis
  • Viola vallicola – valley violet
  • Viola vanroyenii
  • Viola variegata
  • Viola vectoris
  • Viola velutina
  • Viola × venustula
  • Viola × vermontana
  • Viola veronicifolia
  • Viola viarum – twoflower violet, plains violet, wayside violet
  • Viola × viatkensis
  • Viola × villaquensis
  • Viola villosa – Carolina violet, hairy violet, wrinkled violet
  • Viola × vilnaensis
  • Viola × vindobonensis
  • Viola violacea
  • Viola vittata
  • Viola volcanica
  • Viola voliotisii
  • Viola vorobievii
  • Viola vourinensis
  • ''Viola vulturis''

W

  • Viola wailenalenae – Alakai swamp violet
  • Viola wallichiana
  • Viola walteri – prostrate blue violet, prostrate southern violet
  • Viola wansanensis
  • Viola weberbaueri
  • Viola websteri
  • Viola weibelii
  • Viola × wilczekiana
  • Viola × wilhelmii
  • Viola × wilibaldii
  • Viola willkommii
  • Viola woosanensis
  • Viola woroschilovii
  • Viola × wujekii
  • Viola wulinfarmensis
  • ''Viola wulingensis''

X

  • Viola xanthopotamica
  • ''Viola xibaoensis''

Y

  • Viola yazawana
  • Viola yezoensis
  • Viola yildirimlii
  • Viola yunnanensis
  • Viola yunnanfuensis
  • Viola × yurii
  • ''Viola yuzufelensis''

Z

  • Viola × zophodes
  • ''Viola × zwienenii''