| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola primulifolia L. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 934 (1753) |
| Native Range | c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 100-2500m |
| Description | leaves oblong-elliptic to ovate, on base cordate, flowers ca. 3cm across, with distinct purple venation on lower petals |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 acuta Bigelow Viola gronovii Willd. ex Schult. Viola primulifolia var. acuta (Bigelow) Torr. & A.Gray Viola primulifolia var. australis Pollard Viola primulifolia var. boscii Ging. Viola primulifolia var. nuttallii Ging. Viola primulifolia var. ovata Ging. Viola primulifolia f. subcordata Griscom Viola primulifolia ssp. villosa (Eaton) N.H.Russell Viola primulifolia var. villosa Eaton Viola radicans DC. ex Ging. Viola reptabunda Greene Viola rugosa Small Viola senecionis Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MIN Minnesota, OKL Oklahoma, 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, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |