| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola palmata L. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 933 (1753) |
| Native Range | se. Canada to c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 0-2500m |
| Description | leaves in outline ovate, 5-10cm wide, palmatipartite, segments 5-11, narrow, hirsute, flowers to 3cm across |
| Size | 5-40cm |
| Color | purplish violet |
| Bloom | spring, 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 after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola congener Leconte Viola cucullata var. congener (Leconte) Torr. & A.Gray Viola cucullata var. palmata (L.) A.Gray Viola falcata Greene Viola ornithodes Greene Viola palmata f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield Viola palmata var. asarifolia House Viola palmata var. dilatata Elliott Viola palmata var. fragrans Elliott Viola palmata var. obliqua C.L.Hitchc. Viola palmata f. striata O.R.Wills Viola palmata var. triloba (Schwein.) Ging. Viola palmata var. variegata Stowell Viola palmata f. variegata (Stowell) E.L.Rand & Redfield Viola palmata var. vulgaris Elliott Viola triloba Schwein. Viola triloba f. albida Steyerm. Viola triloba f. annjoae Creutz Viola triloba var. dilatata (Elliott) Brainerd Viola triloba f. dilatata (Elliott) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Viola vespertilionis Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |