| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola cucullata Aiton sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 3: 283 (1789) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 0-2000m |
| Description | leaves ovate-cordate to reniform, crenate, 5-9cm wide, flowers to 25mm across, with dark eye |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | bluish violet, white |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| 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 asarifolia Pursh Viola barbata Muhl. ex Schult. Viola consors Greene Viola cordata Walter Viola cucullata f. albiflora Britton Viola cucullata var. cordata (Walter) A.Gray Viola cucullata var. cordiformis Ging. Viola cucullata var. hispidula Ging. Viola cucullata var. leptosepala (Greene) W.Stone Viola cucullata var. macrotis (Greene) W.Stone Viola cucullata var. microtitis Brainerd Viola cucullata var. minor Hook. Viola cucullata var. obliqua (Aiton) Ging. Viola cucullata f. prionosepala Brainerd Viola cucullata var. reniformis Torr. & A.Gray Viola cucullata var. striata O.R.Willis Viola cucullata f. thurstonii (A.Twining) House Viola cucullata var. thurstonii A.Twining Viola dicksonii Greene Viola fontana Greene Viola induta Greene Viola leptosepala Greene Viola macrotis Greene Viola mesochora Greene ex Rosend. Viola obliqua Aiton Viola oconensis House Viola planifolia Greene Viola palmata var. cucullata (Aiton) A.Gray Viola primulifolia var. cordata (Walter) Ging. Viola prionosepala Greene Viola resupinata Moench Viola watsonii Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |