| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola dehnhardtii Ten. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1830: 12 (1830) |
| Native Range | Medit. to Caucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | leaves ovate, distinctly cordate, crenate, shortly hirsute, petiolate, stipules lanceolate, acuminate, flowers minute, petals on base barbate, spur obtuse |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | blue-violet |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola alba ssp. dehnhardtii (Ten.) W.Becker Viola alba var. dehnhardtii (Ten.) Litard. Viola alba var. lactea Espeut Viola armena Boiss. & A.Huet Viola cadevallii Pau Viola dehnhardtii var. albiflora W.Becker Viola dehnhardtii var. atlantica Braun-Blanq. & Maire Viola dehnhardtii f. cadevallii (Pau) W.Becker Viola dehnhardtii var. cadevallii (Pau) W.Becker Viola dehnhardtii var. gomarica Emb. & Maire Viola esterelensis Chanay & Milliére Viola hirta ssp. dehnhardtii (Ten.) Arcang. Viola lauzuricae Marcet Viola odorata var. dehnhardtii (Ten.) Boiss. Viola odorata ssp. dehnhardtii (Ten.) Nyman Viola pentelica Vierh. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |