Violaceae
White violet
Viola alba
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (23)
- arz
- فيولا البا
- Azerbaijani
- Ağ bənövşə
- Bulgarian
- Бяла теменуга
- Czech
- Violka bílá
- English
- White violet
- Estonian
- Valge kannike
- Finnish
- Hopeaorvokki
- French
- Violette blanche
- Georgian
- Თეთრი ია
- German
- Weißes Veilchen
- hsb
- Běła fijałka
- Hungarian
- Fehér ibolya
- Lithuanian
- Baltoji našlaitė
- Macedonian
- Бела темјанушка
- Persian
- بنفشه سفید
- Polish
- Fiołek biały
- Portuguese
- Violeta-branca
- Russian
- Фиалка белая
- Slovenian
- Bela vijolica
- Spanish
- Violeta
- Swedish
- Silverviol
- Turkish
- Ak menekşe
- Ukrainian
- Біла фіалка
Synonyms
- Viola alba var. albiflora Wiesb. ex Dichtl
- Viola alba var. violacea Wiesb. ex Dichtl
- Viola praecox Heuff. ex Fuss
- Viola scotophylla Jord.
- Viola thessala Boiss. & Spruner
- Viola virescens Jord. ex Boreau
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March (from 651 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Salza Palpurina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Louis Aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.