Common blue violet

Common names

Synonyms

• Viola alachuana Murrill
• Viola allardii Greene
• Viola chalcosperma Brainerd
• Viola communis Pollard
• Viola cucullata var. alba Torr. & A.Gray
• Viola cucullata var. sororia (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray
• Viola cuspidata Greene
• Viola domestica E.P.Bicknell
• Viola domestica var. communis Farw.
• Viola familiaris Greene
• Viola fletcheri Greene
• Viola floridana Brainerd
• Viola grandis Greene
• Viola laetecaerulea Greene
• Viola latiuscula Greene
• Viola macounii Greene
• Viola nesiotica Greene
• Viola nodosa Greene
• Viola palmata var. sororia (Willd.) Pollard
• Viola papilionacea Pursh
• Viola papilionacea f. albiflora Grover
• Viola papilionacea f. papilionacea
• Viola papilionacea var. alba (Torr. & A.Gray) Farw.
• Viola papilionacea var. domestica Pollard
• Viola papilionacea var. papilionacea
• Viola planifolia Greene
• Viola priceana Pollard
• Viola rosacea Brainerd
• Viola septentrionalis Greene
• Viola septentrionalis f. alba Vict. & J.Rousseau
• Viola septentrionalis f. septentrionalis
• Viola septentrionalis var. septentrionalis
• Viola sororia f. sororia
• Viola sororia var. affinis (Leconte) L.E.McKinney
• Viola sororia var. incognita J.B.Lacey
• Viola sororia var. sororia
• Viola thompsoniae Chapm.
• Viola wilmattae Pollard & Cockerell

Flowers

Flower colour

purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit

Forb/herb

Lifespan

Annual, Perennial

In the US and Canada

Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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