Violaceae
Arctic yellow violet
Viola biflora
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- بنفسج ثنائي الأزهار
- arz
- بنفسج ثنائى الازهار
- Bulgarian
- Двуцветна теменуга
- Chinese
- 双花堇菜, 雙黃花堇菜, 肾叶堇菜, 好斯-其文图-尼勒-其其格, 孪生堇菜, 短距黄堇, 短距黄花堇菜, 双花堇菜原变种
- Czech
- Violka dvoukvětá
- Dutch
- Tweebloemig viooltje
- English
- Arctic yellow violet, Twoflower violet, Yellow wood violet
- Finnish
- Lapinorvokki
- French
- Pensée à deux fleurs
- German
- Zweiblütiges Veilchen
- Hungarian
- Sárga ibolya
- Japanese
- キバナノコマノツメ, タカネスミレ, 高嶺菫
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellfiol
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Fjellfiol
- Polish
- Fiołek dwukwiatowy
- se
- Fiskesviola
- Slovak
- Fialka dvojkvetá
- Slovenian
- Dvocvetna vijolica
- Swedish
- Fjällviol
Synonyms
- Dischidium biflorum (L.) Opiz
- Viola avatschensis W.Becker & Hultén
- Viola biflora subsp. avatschensis (W.Beck. & Hult.) Tzvelev
- Viola biflora subsp. biflora
- Viola biflora var. acuminata Maxim.
- Viola biflora var. akaishiensis Hid.Takah. & Ohba
- Viola biflora var. biflora
- Viola biflora var. hirsuta W.Becker
- Viola biflora var. nudicaulis W.Becker
- Viola biflora var. valdepilosa Hand.-Mazz.
- Viola chingiana W.Becker
- Viola crassa Makino
- Viola crassa subsp. alpicola Hid.Takah.
- Viola crassa subsp. borealis Hid.Takah.
- Viola crassa subsp. yatsugatakeana Hid.Takah.
- Viola crassa var. alpicola (Hid.Takah.) T.Shimizu
- Viola crassa var. borealis (Hid.Takah.) T.Shimizu
- Viola crassa var. tayemonii (Hayata) S.S.Ying
- Viola crassa var. yatsugatakeana (Hid.Takah.) T.Shimizu
- Viola kanoi Sasaki
- Viola manaslensis Maekawa
- Viola nudicaulis (W.Beck.) S.Y.Chen
- Viola reniformis Wall.
- Viola schulzeana W.Becker
- Viola tayemonii Hayata
- Viola wallichiana subsp. brevicornis W.Becker
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 1,488 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alinja, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rutschmann Frank, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bert Ziems, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christophe Bourdillon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.