Violaceae
Marsh blue violet
Viola cucullata
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 紫堇花, 兜状堇菜
- English
- Marsh blue violet
- Finnish
- Reunusorvokki
- French
- Violette cucullée
- Persian
- بنفشه مردابی
- Russian
- Фиалка клобучковая
Synonyms
- Viola ciliata Schltdl.
- Viola consors Greene
- Viola cordata Walter
- Viola cucullata f. prionosepala (Greene) Brainerd
- Viola cucullata var. cordata (Walter) A.Gray
- Viola cucullata var. microtitis Brainerd
- Viola cucullata var. minor Hook.
- Viola cucullata var. reniformis Torr. & A.Gray
- Viola cucullata var. striata O.R.Willis
- Viola cucullata var. thurstonii A.Twining
- Viola fontana Greene
- Viola induta Greene
- Viola leptosepala Greene
- Viola macrotis Greene
- Viola mesochora Greene ex Rosend.
- Viola obliqua Aiton
- Viola obliqua Pursh
- Viola obliqua Hill
- Viola palmata var. cucullata (Aiton) A.Gray
- Viola primulifolia var. cordata (Walter) DC.
- Viola resupinata Moench
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.