Viola alba Besser, 1809

Common names

🇫🇷 Violette blanche

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Subfamily: Violoideae
Genus: Viola
Section: Viola
Species: Viola alba

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with V. odorata f. albiflora (Pančić) Niketić, 2014, whose flowers are scented, while those of V. alba are not scented.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

V. alba subsp. alba
- var. alba Besser, 1809, P;
- var. scotophylla (Jord.) Ces., 1884;
V. alba subsp. cretica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Marcussen, 2003;
V. alba subsp. dehnhardtii (Ten.) W.Becker, 1902.

Photographs

img/viola-alba.webp — Viola alba

img/viola-alba-2.webp — Viola alba

img/viola-alba-3.webp — Viola alba

img/viola-alba-4.webp — Viola alba

img/viola-alba-5.webp — Viola alba - Leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1075). Biotope.