| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola lanceolata L. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 934 (1753) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 0-2000m |
| Description | leafy stolons, leaves lanceolate, 3-12cm, tapered to solid petiole, crenulate, flowers with distinct purple venation on lower petal |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| 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 attenuata Sweet |
| 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, NEB Nebraska, 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, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |