Violaceae
Small white violet
Viola macloskeyi
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Small white violet, Smooth white violet, Northern white violet
- French
- Violette pâle
- Persian
- بنفشه سفید شمالی
Synonyms
- Viola blanda subsp. macloskeyi (F.E.Lloyd) A.E.Murray
- Viola blanda var. macloskeyi (F.E.Lloyd) Jeps.
- Viola clandestina Pursh
- Viola macloskeyi subsp. pallens (Banks ex Ging.) M.S.Baker
- Viola macloskeyi var. macloskeyi
- Viola macloskeyi var. pallens (Banks ex Ging.) C.L.Hitchc.
- Viola minuscula Greene
- Viola pallens (Banks ex Ging.) Brainerd
- Viola pallens subsp. macloskeyi (F.E.Lloyd) M.S.Baker
- Viola pallens var. subreptans J.Rousseau
- Viola rotundifolia var. pallens Banks ex Ging.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to May (from 1,035 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Clinton Little, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chrismo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: marlin harms, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Neron, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: isabelle guillemain, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sam Eberhard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cthulhu mittens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, 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.