| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola missouriensis Greene |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 141 (1900) |
| Native Range | c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 50-2000m |
| Description | acaulescent, not stoloniferous, leaves petiolate, deltate, cordate, crenate to serrate, acuminate, glabrous, sepals lanceolate, lower petal 15-22mm, spur blue-violet |
| Size | 5-50cm |
| Color | blue-violet |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola candidula Nieuwl. Viola sororia var. missouriensis (Greene) L.E.McKinney Viola illinoensis Greene Viola lucidifolia Newbro Viola securigera Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (INI Indiana, NWJ New Jersey) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |