| Scientific Name: | Viola (weedy spp.) |
| Common Name: | violet |
| Family Name: | Violaceae |
| Origin: | |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Biennial, Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | < 0.1m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Herb |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Ovate, Crenate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Yellow, Blue, Violet, Apr-May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, ovate to elliptic, up to 3cm long; flowers 2-6cm wide, flattened, face-like, available in many colours and most petals have more than one colour or shading. | |