| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola orbiculata (A.Gray) Geyer ex B.D.Jacks. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Index Kew 2: 1208 (1895) |
| Native Range | w. Canada to nw.. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 700-1700m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves orbiculate or broadly ovate, cordate, crenate-serrate, glabrous, dark green, usually flatways on ground, petals at base purple striate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola sarmentosa var. orbiculata A.Gray Viola sempervirens var. orbiculata (A.Gray) J.K.Henry Viola sempervirens ssp. orbiculata (A.Gray) M.S.Baker |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) |