Violaceae
Dog violet
Viola canina
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (21)
- Belarusian
- Фіялка сабачая
- Bulgarian
- Кучешка теменуга
- Czech
- Violka Ruppova, Violka psí
- Danish
- Hunde-Viol
- Dutch
- Hondsviooltje
- English
- Dog violet, Heath dog-violet, Heath violet
- Estonian
- Koerkannike
- Finnish
- Aho-orvokki
- French
- Violette des chiens
- German
- Gewöhnliches Hundsveilchen, Hunds-Veilchen, Hundsveilchen, Roßveilchen, Schultz' Hunds-Veilchen
- Icelandic
- Týsfjóla
- Lithuanian
- Šuninė našlaitė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Engfiol
- Persian
- بنفشه خاردار
- Polish
- Fiołek psi
- Russian
- Фиалка собачья, Фиалька собачья
- se
- Beatnatviola
- Slovak
- Fialka psia
- Slovenian
- Pasja vijolica
- Swedish
- Hundviol, Ängsviol
- Welsh
- Fioled y cŵn
Synonyms
- Viola albertina Greene
- Viola apetala F.W.Schmidt
- Viola canina var. caulescens Tosco ex G.Ariello & Bellia
- Viola cetia Beck ex Borbás
- Viola ericetorum Schrad. ex Link
- Viola filipes Greene
- Viola flavicornis Sm.
- Viola intermedia Krock.
- Viola leucoceras Borbás ex Murr
- Viola lucorum Lange
- Viola neglecta F.W.Schmidt
- Viola pseudocanina Schur
- Viola radicans DC. ex Ging.
- Viola ramosa Gaterau
- Viola schmidtiana Schult.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 516 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Greenland: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Константин Селивёрстов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ondřej Křivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Barry Stewart, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ксения Волянская, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Viola
- Sweet violetViola odorataViolaceae
- Johnny jumpupViola tricolorViolaceae
- Field pansyViola arvensisViolaceae
- Common dog-violetViola rivinianaViolaceae
- Marsh violetViola palustrisViolaceae
- Early dog-violetViola reichenbachianaViolaceae
- Arctic yellow violetViola bifloraViolaceae
- Hairy violetViola hirtaViolaceae
- Viola cornutaViolaceae
- Mountain pansyViola luteaViolaceae
- White violetViola albaViolaceae
- Dwarf marsh violetViola epipsilaViolaceae
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.