| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola canadensis L. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 936 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to wc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 50-3600m |
| Description | leaves ovate-cordate, finely dentate, ca. 6cm long, flowers in bud purplish, lower petal violet striate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| 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 | Lophion canadense (L.) Spach Viola albiflora Link Viola canadensis var. corymbosa Nutt. Viola canadensis var. pubens Farw. Viola canadensis var. scariosa Porter Viola discurrens Greene Viola eurybifolia Greene Viola negulosa Greene Viola scouleri Douglas ex Steud. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NWT Northwest Territories) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MIN Minnesota, 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) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |