| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola canescens Wall. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Fl. Ind. [W.Roxburgh] 2: 450 (1824) |
| Native Range | Assam to nw. India and ne. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 1500-3400m |
| Description | densely grey villose, flowers with narrow petals; like small version of V.odorata |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale violet |
| Bloom | 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 serpens var. canescens (Wall.) Hook.f. & Thomson |
| Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, IND India, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |