| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola pubescens Aiton sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 3: 290 (1789) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 30-1500m |
| Description | leaves pubescent, broadly ovate to orbiculate, broadly cordate, coarsely crenate, 5-12cm long, flowers brown striate, ca. 2cm across |
| Size | 10-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| 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 | Crocion pubescens (Aiton) Nieuwl. Viola pensylvanica Michx. Viola pubescens var. eriocarpon Nutt. Viola pubescens var. glabriuscula A.Gray Viola pubescens f. peckii (House) Lévesque & Dans. Viola pubescens var. peckii House Viola pubescens var. typica Grover Viola uniflora var. pubescens (Aiton) Regel |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, 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) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |