Viola hirta L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Hairy Violet
🇫🇷 Violette hérissée

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 hirta

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with V. canina L., 1753, whose flowers have a long yellowish spur.

Possible confusion with V. odorata L., 1753, which produces stolons, and whose flowers are usually darker, have a short spur the same color as the petals, and are scented.

Possible confusion with V. reichenbachiana Jord. ex Boreau, 1857, which produces stolons.

Possible confusion with V. riviniana Rchb., 1823, whose flowers are usually paler, and have a long white spur.

Photographs

img/viola-hirta-5.webp — *Viola hirta* - Leaf

img/viola-hirta-6.webp — *Viola hirta* - Non-stoloniferous root

Sources

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