| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola walteri House |
| Bibliography | Torreya 6: 172 (1906) |
| Native Range | s. Ohio to Texas and se. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 100-2000m |
| Description | stoloniferous, basal leaves petiolate, ovate to reniform, cordate, crenate or serrate, rounded, glabrous or pubescent, stem leaves similar, lower petal 15-18mm, spur 3-5mm |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | blue-violet |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola canina var. multicaulis (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray Viola muehlenbergii var. multicaulis Torr. & A.Gray Viola multicaulis (Torr. & A.Gray) Britton |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (OHI Ohio, WVA West Virginia) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |