Violaceae
Selkirk's violet
Viola selkirkii
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (12)
- Chinese
- 深山堇菜, 一口血, 冷毒草
- English
- Selkirk's violet
- Estonian
- Laanekannike
- Finnish
- Kaiheorvokki
- French
- Violette de Selkirk
- Japanese
- ミヤマスミレ
- Korean
- 울릉제비꽃
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dalfiol
- Persian
- بنفشه ممهیز درشت
- Russian
- Фиалка Селькирка
- se
- Itkoviola
- Swedish
- Skuggviol
Synonyms
- Viola borealis Weinm.
- Viola carnosula W.Becker
- Viola crassicornis W.Becker & Hultén
- Viola funghuangensis P.Y.Fu & Y.C.Teng
- Viola imberbis Ledeb.
- Viola kamtschatica Ging.
- Viola salina Turcz.
- Viola selkirkii var. albiflora Nakai
- Viola selkirkii var. angustistipulata W.Becker
- Viola selkirkii var. brevicalcarata W.Becker
- Viola selkirkii var. subbarbata W.Becker
- Viola selkirkii var. variegata Nakai
- Viola ulleungdoensis M.Kim & Jungsim Lee
- Viola umbrosa (Wahlenb.) Fr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Nerrie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antti Bilund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Antti Bilund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Antti Bilund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antti Bilund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.