Violaceae
Common dog-violet
Viola riviniana
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (27)
- arz
- فيولا ريفنيانا
- Belarusian
- Фіялка Рывініуса
- Breton
- Melion
- Czech
- Violka Rivinova
- Danish
- Krat-Viol
- Dutch
- Bleeksporig bosviooltje
- English
- Common dog-violet
- Estonian
- Võsakannike
- Finnish
- Metsäorvokki
- French
- Violette de Rivinus
- German
- Hain-Veilchen, Rivinis Veilchen, Hainveilchen
- hsb
- Hajowa fijałka
- Icelandic
- Skógfjóla
- Indonesian
- Sukma rimba
- Irish
- Sailchuach chon
- Lithuanian
- Rivino našlaitė
- Macedonian
- Ривинова темјанушка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogfiol, Skogsfiol
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Skogfiol
- Persian
- بنفشه سگی معمولی
- Polish
- Fiołek Rivina
- Russian
- Фиалка Ривинуса, Фиалка Ривиниуса
- se
- Vuovdeviola
- Slovak
- Fialka Rivinova
- Slovenian
- Rivinova vijolica
- Swedish
- Skogsviol
- Welsh
- Fioled gyffredin
Synonyms
- Viola broussonetiana Roem. & Schult.
- Viola guffroyi Rouy
- Viola puberula Lange
- Viola riviniana f. minor Murb. ex E.S.Gregory
- Viola riviniana f. prolifera Valentine
- Viola riviniana f. sobolifera Valentine
- Viola riviniana subsp. minor (Murb. ex E.S.Gregory) Valentine
- Viola riviniana var. leucocentra Pinkw.
- Viola riviniana var. minor (Murbeck ex Greg.) Valentine
- Viola silana Merino
- Viola subsessilifolia Lázaro Ibiza
- Viola sylvatica Fr. ex C.Hartm.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 2,388 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: bunnymom20, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: André Cerqueira, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Billy Fullwood, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arsen Vorobei, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, 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). About our plant data.