Violaceae
Fen violet
Viola elatior
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (20)
- arz
- فيولا الاتيور
- Asturian
- Fen violet
- Belarusian
- Фіялка высокая
- Chinese
- 高堇菜
- Czech
- Violka vyvýšená, Violka vyšší
- Danish
- Rank viol
- Dutch
- Melkviooltje
- English
- Fen violet
- Estonian
- Kõrge kannike, Mülgaskannike
- Finnish
- Kaitaorvokki, Rantaorvokki
- French
- Violette élevée, Violette elevee
- German
- Hohes Veilchen, Berg-Veilchen, Moorveilchen
- hsb
- Wysoka fijałka
- Lithuanian
- Aukštoji našlaitė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Storfiol
- Polish
- Fiołek wyniosły
- Russian
- Фиалка высокая, Фиалка горная
- Slovenian
- Visoka vijolica
- Swedish
- Storviol
- Ukrainian
- Фіалка висока
Synonyms
- Viola canina var. montana (L.) Fr.
- Viola danubialis Borbás
- Viola fedtschenkoana W.Becker
- Viola fedtschenkoana var. fedtschenkoana
- Viola hornemanniana Roem. & Schult.
- Viola montana L.
- Viola persicifolia Schreb.
- Viola procera Pall. ex Ledeb.
- Viola stipulacea Fr. ex Hartm.
- Viola subpubescens Borbás
- Viola sylvestris subsp. turkestanica W.Becker
Photos
Photo: Ecogali-MAgali Escande, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Evgeniya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jan Eckstein, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Evgeniya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: didier_69, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Evgeniya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Norbert Höll, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: blazej.nowak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Mountain pansyViola luteaViolaceae
- White violetViola albaViolaceae
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.