Violaceae

Viola betonicifolia Sm.

Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola

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Viola betonicifolia: Viola betonicifolia growing out of a pot in my garden in the morning sun — Photo: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 戟叶堇菜, 戟葉堇菜, 箭葉堇菜, 尼泊尔堇菜, 白犁头草, 箭叶堇菜, 聲叶堇菜*(箭叶堇菜）, 聲叶堇菜
Persian: بنفشه کوهی

Synonyms

Viola betonicifolia f. pubescens H.Hara
Viola betonicifolia subsp. dielsiana W.Becker
Viola betonicifolia subsp. nepalensis (Ging.) W.Becker
Viola betonicifolia var. longiscapa DC.
Viola caespitosa D.Don
Viola inconspicua subsp. dielsiana W.Becker
Viola longiscapa DC. ex G.Don
Viola nilagirica Turcz.
Viola oblongosagittata var. violascens Nakai
Viola patrinii var. caespitosa (D.Don) Ridl.
Viola patrinii var. laotiana H.Boissieu
Viola patrinii var. nepaulensis Ging.
Viola phyteumifolia DC. ex G.Don
Viola walkeri Wight

Photos

Photo: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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). About our plant data.