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Species
Least Concernheath dog-violet
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyViolaceae
Native toAlbania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia
Observations recorded170,449
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,058
- With media
- 3,909
- Family
- Violaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, TROM, GAS, DAV, AJTT, CAS
- Recorded in
- Italy, Poland, Norway, United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, France, Ukraine
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Encyclopedic overview
Viola canina, commonly known as heath dog-violet and heath violet, is a species of the flowering plant in the violet family Violaceae. It is native to Europe, where it is found in heaths, fens, and moist woodlands, especially on acidic soils.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) tall. The flowers are pale blue, produced from April to July. Colonies of plants may be extensive.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viola canina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.