| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola sempervirens Greene sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 8 (1899) |
| Native Range | Alaska to California |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 30-1400m |
| Description | leaves orbiculate-ovate, crenate, abaxially rusty, petals 8-12mm long, three lower petals finely striate, lateral petals at base barbate, spur wide, 1-2mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | early 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 Douglas Viola sempervirens ssp. orbiculoides M.S.Baker Viola sempervirens ssp. typica M.S.Baker |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |