| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola blanda Willd. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Hort. Berol. 1: t. 24 (1804) |
| Native Range | Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 30-2000m |
| Description | leaves bright green, ovate, at base cordate, subcrenate, adaxially sparsely hirsute, flowers shortly pedicellate, with purple veins and short, acute spur |
| Size | 3-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 | Viola alsophila Greene Viola amoena Leconte Viola blanda var. amoena Britton & al. Viola burtonii Reeks Viola leconteana G.Don |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 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) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |