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COMMON AND BOTANICAL NAMES FOR
VIOLETS IN AMERICA

Adapted from Doretta Klaber’s Violets in the United States (A.S. Barnes & Company, South Brunswick and New York, 1976)
Affiliated Violet, Viola affinis Kidney-leaved Violet, Viola nephrophylla Rugose Violet, Viola rugulosa
Alaskan Violet, Viola Langsdoorfii Labrador Violet, Viola labradorica Sagebrush Violet, Viola Beckwithii
Allegheny Violet, Viola allegheniensis Lance-leaved Violet, Viola lanceolata Sagebrush Violet, Viola trinervata
Appalachian Violet, Viola appalachiensis Lance-leaved Viiolet, V.Lanceolata ssp. vittata Sand Violet, Viola Brittoniana
Arrow-leaved Violet, Viola sagittata Langlois’Violet, Viola Langloisii Shelton’s Violet, Viola Sheltonii
Astoria Violet, Viola praemorsa Larkspurt Violet, Viola petafida Sister Violet, Viola sororia
Baker’s Violet, Viola Backeri Le Conte’s Violet, Viola affinis Smooth White Violet, Viola Macloskeyi
Beckwith’s Violet, Viola Beckwithii Long-spurred Violet, Viola rostrata Smooth White Violet, Viola pallens
Bicolor Violet, Viola pedata Lovell’s Violet, Viola Lovelliana Smooth Yellow Violet, Viola eriocarpa
Bird’s foot Violet, Viola pedata Macloskey’s Violet, Viola Macloskeyi Southern Coastal Violet, Viola septemloba
Blue Marsh Violet, Viola cucullata Macloskey’s Violet, Viola Macloskeyi pallens   Southern Woodland Violet, Viola hirsutula
Blue Prairie Violet, Viola pratincola Marsh Violet, Viiola palustris Southern Woolly Violet, Viola villosa
Britton’s Violet, Viola Brittoniana Miniature Pansy, Viola Hallii Spear-leaved Violet, Viola hastata
California Yellow Pansy, Viola pedunculata Missouri Violet, Viola missouriensis Stone’s Violet, Viola Stoneana
Canadian Violet, Viola canadensis Montana Violet, Viola montanensis Stream Violet, Viola glabella
Common Violet, Viola sororia Mountain Violet, Viola purpurea Sweet Violet, Viola odorata
Confederate Violet, Viola sororia Mountain Violet, Viola venosa Sweet White Blanda, Viola blanda
Creamy Violet, Viola striata New England Violet, Viola novae-angliae Tennessee Violet, Viola Egglestonii
Cut-Leave Tribola,Viola dilitata New England Violet, Viola novae-angliae Three –lobed Violet, Viola triloba
Dog Violet, Viola conspersa Northern BlueViolet, Viola septentrionalis Three-nerved Violet, Viola trinervata
Dooryard Violet, Viola sororia Northern Downy Violet, Viola fimbriatiula Three-parted Violet, Viola tripartita
Douglas’ Violet, Viola Douglasii Northern Marsh Violet, Viola epipsela Two-eyed Violet, Viola ocellata
Downy Yellow Violet, Viola pubescens Northern White Violet, Viola renifolia Two-flowered Violet, Viola biflora
Edible Violet, Viola esculenta Nuttall’s Violet, Viola Nuttallii Unrecognized Violet, Viola incógnita
Entire-lived Tripartita, Viola glaberrima Nuttal’s Violet, Viola vallicola Valley Violet, Viola vallicola
Evergreen Violet, Viola sempervirens Olympic Violet, Viola flettii Walter;s Violet, Viola Walteri
Florida Violet, Viola floridana Oregon Coastal Violet, Viola Howellii Wedge-leaved Violet, Viola cuneata
‘Freckles’, Viola sororia Palmate Violet, Viola palmate Western Dog Violet, Viola adunca
Golden Violet, Viola pedunculata Pine Violet, Viola lobata Western Pansy, Viola Rafinesquii
Golden Violet, Viola Douglasii Pine Violet, Viola purpurea Western Round-leaved Violet, Viola orbiculata
‘Gold Nugget’, Viola vallicola Pine Barrens Violet, Viola l. vittata Western Sweet Violet, Viola odorata
Great Basin Violet, Viola Beckwithii Pinto Pansy, Viola ocellata Western Water Violet, Viola occidentalis
Great-spurred Viiolet, Viola Sellkirkii Plains Violet, Viola viarum Wild Field Pansy, Viola arvensis
Halberd-leaved Violet, Viola hastate Primose-leaved Violet, Viola primulifolia Wild Pansy, Viola Rafinesquii
Hall’s Violet, Viola Halii Prostrate Violet, Viiola Walteri Woodland White Violet, Viola incognita
Hawaiian Deciduous Violet, Viola kauaiensis Purple Prairie Violet, Viola  pedatifida Woody Hawaiian Violet, Viola trachellifolia
Hooked-spur Violet, Viola adunca Redwood Violet, Viola sempervirens Yellow Pansy, Viola pedunculata
Johnny-jump-up, Viola tricolor Rock Violet, Viola FlettiiW Yellow Woods Violet, Viola lobata
Johnny-jump-up, Viola pedunculata Round-leaved Violet, Viola rotundifolia
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