Violaceae
Bird's foot violet
Viola pedata
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- بنفسج
- Chinese
- 鸟足叶堇菜
- English
- Bird's foot violet, Birdfoot violet
- Persian
- بنفشه پاپرندهای
Synonyms
- Oionychion pedatum Nieuwl. & Kaczm.
- Oionychion pedatum var. ampliatum (Greene) Nieuwl. & Kaczm.
- Oionychion pedatum var. inornatum (Greene) Nieuwl. & Kaczm.
- Viola ampliata Greene
- Viola digitata Pursh
- Viola inornata (Greene) Greene
- Viola multifida Mill.
- Viola pedata f. alba (Thurb.) Britton
- Viola pedata f. bicolor Britton
- Viola pedata f. pedata
- Viola pedata f. rosea A.L.Sanders
- Viola pedata var. flabellata D.Don & Link
- Viola pedata var. inornata Greene
- Viola pedata var. pedata
- Viola pedata var. velutina Schwein.
- Viola redunca House
- Viola reidiae Cory
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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.