Violaceae
Downy yellow violet
Viola pubescens
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Downy yellow violet, Smooth yellow violet
- Persian
- بنفشه کرکی زرد
Synonyms
- Crocion achlydophyllum (Greene) Kaczm.
- Crocion eriocarpum Nieuwl. & Kaczm.
- Crocion pubescens Nieuwl. & Kaczm.
- Viola achlydophylla Greene
- Viola eriocarpa Schwein.
- Viola eriocarpa var. sessilis Clute
- Viola pensylvanica Michx.
- Viola pubescens f. achlydophylla Farw.
- Viola pubescens f. peckii (House) Levesque & Dans.
- Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa Nutt.
- Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa (Schwein.) N.H.Russell
- Viola pubescens var. glabriuscula A.Gray
- Viola pubescens var. peckii House
- Viola pubescens var. pubescens
- Viola uniflora var. pubescens (Aiton) Regel
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 3,071 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel McClosky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel McClosky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel McClosky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: en:user:Bridesmill, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel McClosky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by and, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: feralist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cbaile19, CC0, 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.