| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola umbraticola Kunth |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 5: 370 (1823) |
| Native Range | Arizona to Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1600-2400m |
| Description | acaulescent, not stoloniferous, leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, 1-4cm, truncate or cordate, crenate, eciliate, glabrous, lower petal 9-16mm, spur white, 2-4mm |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | blue, 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 |
| Synonyms | Viola aliceae M.S.Baker Viola pteropoda Hemsl. Viola umbraticola var. glaberrima W.Becker |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |