| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola epipsila Ledeb. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1820: 5 (1820) |
| Native Range | Europe to Siberia and Kazakhstan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves petiolate, thin, ovate, 8-25mm, acute, cordate, shallowly serrate, glabrous, flowers 10-15mm, sepals narrowly ovate, petals narrowly oblong-ovate, spur short |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 palustris ssp. epipsila (Ledeb.) C.Hartm. Viola palustris var. epipsila (Ledeb.) Maxim. Viola palustris var. sciaphila Laest. Viola scanica (Fr.) Fr. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) |