General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Multi-Color
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Suitable for miniature gardens
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Palmate Violet
  • Early Blue Violet
  • Three-Lobed Violet
  • Wood Violet
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viola palmata
  • Synonym: Viola viarum
  • Synonym: Viola triloba var. dilatata
  • Synonym: Viola palmata var. palmata
  • Synonym: Viola lovelliana
  • Synonym: Viola triloba
  • Synonym: Viola esculenta

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2021-03-18
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2021-03-18
Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023
Date: 2023-05-07
i didnt even realize I got germinations on these ! I had to seper
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2011-04-27
Plant displaying varied leaf shape.
Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-28
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-28
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-28
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2016-02-28

Date: c. 1801
illustration from 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine', 1801
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2013-04-26
Mature plant
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2012-03-30
Emerging spring growth
Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2004-04-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-30

Date: 2004-04-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2004-04-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2004-04-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2004-04-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by sallyg (central Maryland - Zone 7b) on May 10, 2019 1:31 AM concerning plant:
    I planted one about six years ago next to a maple tree in a woodsy setting. It is hardy and returning but I have not found it to multiply or spread at all, as the common violets and Viola striata do in the same area.
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