| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola lithion N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren |
| Bibliography | Brittonia 44: 300 (1992) |
| Native Range | Nevada to Utah |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 2300-3100m |
| Description | not stoloniferous, basal leaves petiolate, ovate to deltate, 1-3cm, cordate, crenate-dentate, eciliate, acute, glabrous, stem leaves similar, petals on base yellow, spur white |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | blue, pale violet |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |