Violaceae
Marsh violet
Viola palustris
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (28)
- arz
- فيولا بالستريس
- Belarusian
- Фіялка балотная
- Bulgarian
- Блатна теменуга
- Czech
- Violka bahenní
- Danish
- Eng-Viol, Engviol
- Dutch
- Moerasviooltje
- English
- Marsh violet
- Estonian
- Sookannike
- Finnish
- Suo-orvokki
- French
- Violette des marais
- German
- Sumpf-Veilchen
- hsb
- Bahnowa fijałka
- Hungarian
- Mocsári ibolya
- Icelandic
- Mýrfjóla
- Irish
- Sailchuach chorraigh
- kw
- Melion an gors
- Lithuanian
- Durpyninė našlaitė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myrfiol
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Myrfiol
- Persian
- بنفشه باتلاقی آلپی
- Polish
- Fiołek błotny
- Russian
- Фиалка болотная
- se
- Jeaggeviola
- Slovak
- Fialka močiarna
- Slovenian
- Močvirska vijolica
- Swedish
- Kärrviol
- Tatar
- Сазлык миләүшәсе
- Welsh
- Fioled y gors
Synonyms
- Viola fennica F.Nyl.
- Viola inodora Gilib.
- Viola paludosa [Clairv.]
- Viola palustris f. palustris
- Viola palustris subsp. brevipes M.S.Baker
- Viola palustris subsp. pubifolia Kuta
- Viola palustris var. brevipes (M.S.Baker) R.J.Davis
- Viola palustris var. leimonia J.K.Henry
- Viola palustris var. palustris
- Viola pubifolia (Kuta) G.H.Loos
- Viola scanica (Fr.) Fr.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 658 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Victoria M., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carminda Santos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jan Sheppard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola Faulks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.