| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola pedata L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 933 (1753) |
| Native Range | Ontario to c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 0-2000m |
| Description | leaves palmatipinnate, segments narrowly obovate, to apex tapered, coarsely dentate in upper third, ciliate, lower petals paler, flowers in throat golden-yellow |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | blue, lilac, pink, white |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Oinychion pedatum (L.) Nieuwl. Oinychion pedatum var. ampliatum Nieuwl. & Kaczm. Oinychion pedatum var. inornatum (Greene) Nieuwl. & Kaczm. Viola ampliata Greene Viola atropurpurea Raf. ex Ging. Viola digitata Pursh Viola flabellifolia G.Lodd. ex G.Don Viola inornata (Greene) Greene Viola multifida Mill. Viola pedata var. alba Thurb. Viola pedata f. alba (Thurb.) Britton Viola pedata var. atropurpurea DC. Viola pedata f. bicolor Britton Viola pedata f. cuneatiloba Brainerd ex Fernald Viola pedata var. flabellata D.Don & Link Viola pedata var. inornata Greene Viola pedata f. lineariloba (Ging.) F.Seym. Viola pedata var. lineariloba Ging. Viola pedata var. ranunculifolia (Juss. ex Poir.) Ging. Viola pedata f. ranunculifolia (Juss. ex Poir.) Fernald Viola pedata f. rosea A.L.Sanders Viola pedata var. velutina Schwein. Viola ranunculifolia Juss. ex Poir. Viola redunca House Viola reidiae Cory |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, 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) |