| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola striata Aiton |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 3: 290 (1789) |
| Native Range | Ontario to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 40-1000m |
| Description | leaves ovate-cordate, usually long acuminate, crenate, 3-7cm long, flowers ca. 2cm across, minutely brown variegate |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | creamy |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in fall |
| Synonyms | Lophion striatum (Aiton) Nieuwl. Viola adunca f. masonii (Farw.) B.Boivin Viola conspersa f. masonii (Farw.) House Viola conspersa var. masonii Farw. Viola debilis Michx. Viola debilis f. muhlenbergii Farw. Viola lewisiana Ging. Viola ochroleuca Schwein. Viola repens Schwein. Viola striata f. albiflora Farw. Viola striata var. lutescens Alph.Wood ex N.Coleman |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MSO Missouri, 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, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |