| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola sagittata Aiton |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 3: 287 (1789) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 10-2500m |
| Description | acaulescent, not stoloniferous, leaves ovate to narrowly deltate, incised, sagittate or truncate, acute, subglabrous, petals densely barbate, the lower 10-15mm, spur 2mm |
| Size | 5-40cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola ciliata Muhl. Viola dentata Pursh Viola emarginata var. simulata Greene Viola sagittata f. albescens Farw. Viola sagittata f. carlii Creutz Viola sagittata var. glabra Pennell Viola sagittata var. secedens (Greene) Farw. Viola sagittata var. subsagittata (Greene) Pollard Viola sagittifolia Salisb. Viola secedens Greene Viola subsagittata Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, OKL Oklahoma, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., WVA West Virginia) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |