Brassicaceae
Dame's-violet
Hesperis matronalis
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Hesperis
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- بنفسج السيدة, البنفسج الدمشقي, بنفسج السيدات, جوليانا نسائية, زهرة الماء, زهرة المساء, زهرة المساء الجميلة, لورانس الصباح
- Bulgarian
- Вечерница, Вечерник
- Chinese
- 欧亚香花芥, 歐亞香花芥, 紫花南芥
- Czech
- Večernice vonná
- Danish
- Almindelig aftenstjerne, Natviol
- Dutch
- Damastbloem
- English
- Dame's-violet, Dames rocket, Rogue's gillyflower
- Estonian
- Harilik öölill
- Finnish
- Tarhaillakko
- French
- Julienne des dames, Julienne
- German
- Gewöhnliche Nachtviole, Gemeine Nachtviole, Matronenblume
- Hungarian
- Hölgyestike
- Japanese
- ハナダイコン, はなだいこん
- Lithuanian
- Vakarutė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dagfiol
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Dagfiol
- Persian
- هسپریس بانوان
- Polish
- Wieczornik damski
- Russian
- Вечерница обыкновенная, Вечерник, Вечерница ночная фиалка, Ночная фиалка
- Slovak
- Večernica voňavá
- Slovenian
- Vrtna nočnica
- Spanish
- Damask Violet, Dames wort, Dames-wort, Mother of the evening, Mother of the-evening, Mother of-the-evening, Mother-of-the-evening, Night Scented Gilliflower
- Swedish
- Hesperis, Trädgårdsnattviol
- Welsh
- Croes yr hwyr
Synonyms
- Antoniana sylvestris Bubani
- Crucifera matronalis E.H.L.Krause
- Deilosma inodora Fuss
- Deilosma matronalis Andrz. ex DC.
- Deilosma nivea Fuss
- Deilosma runcinata Fuss
- Deilosma sibirica Andrz. ex DC.
- Hesperis adenosepala Borbás
- Hesperis albiflora Schur
- Hesperis bituminosa Willd.
- Hesperis euganea Marsili ex Ten.
- Hesperis grandiflora Sims
- Hesperis hortensis Pers. ex Steud.
- Hesperis matronalis subsp. sibirica (L.) G.V.Krylov
- Hesperis matronalis var. elata (Hornem.) Schmalh.
- Hesperis matronalis var. sibirica (L.) DC.
- Hesperis sabauda Rouy & Foucaud
- Hesperis sibirica var. alba Georgi
- Hesperis umbrosa Herbich
- Hesperis unguinosa Schrank
- Viola matronalis Garsault
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 10,609 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: lallen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peakaytea, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NY State IPM Program at Cornell University from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike B, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peakaytea, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.