| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola rupestris F.W.Schmidt sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Neuere Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. 1: 60 (1791) |
| Native Range | Temp. Eurasia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 300-4000m |
| Description | hirsute, leaves cordate, long petiolate, stipules oval-lanceolate, flowers 10-15mm across, spur short, pale violet |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale blue, violet, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola allionii Pio Viola aprica Spreng. Viola arenaria DC. Viola arenaria var. acaulis Wimm. & Grab. Viola arenaria var. glabrata Wimm. & Grab. Viola arenaria var. glabrescens Neuman Viola arenaria var. grandiflora Gren. Viola arenaria var. livida Wimm. & Grab. Viola arenaria ssp. rupestris (F.W.Schmidt) Nyman Viola balbisii Re Viola calabra A.Huet ex Nyman Viola canina ssp. arenaria (DC.) Hook.f. Viola canina var. arenaria (DC.) Hartm. Viola canina var. rupestris (F.W.Schmidt) Regel Viola cinerascens A.Kern. Viola cordifolia Schur Viola glabrescens (Neuman) Tzvelev Viola glauca M.Bieb. Viola krokeri J.F.Gmel. Viola livida Kit. ex Schult. Viola nummulariifolia var. minima Ging. Viola pumila Schur Viola purpurascens F.W.Schmidt Viola pusilla Schleich. Viola riphaea J.F.Gmel. Viola rupestris ssp. arenaria (DC.) Rothm. Viola rupestris var. arenaria (DC.) Beck Viola rupestris var. bolosii P.Monts. Viola rupestris var. glabra Popov Viola rupestris ssp. glabrescens (Neuman) V.V.Nikitin Viola rupestris var. grandiflora (Gren.) Lázaro Ibiza Viola rupestris ssp. licentii W.Becker Viola rupestris var. subarenosa Beck Viola saxigena Schur Viola sylvestris var. arenaria (DC.) Döll Viola sylvestris ssp. arenaria (DC.) Wigand Viola sylvestris var. glabrata Rouy & Foucaud Viola sylvestris var. rupestris (F.W.Schmidt) Maxim. Viola tricolor var. orophila É.Rev. ex Debeaux |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent |