Viola odorata L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Sweet Violet
• 🇫🇷 Violette odorante

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 odorata

Forms

Viola odorata f. lilacina

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with V. canina L., 1753, whose flowers are usually paler, have a long yellowish spur, and are not scented.

Possible confusion with V. hirta L., 1753, whose flowers are usually paler, have a short spur the same color or darker than the petals, and are not scented.

Possible confusion with V. reichenbachiana Jord. ex Boreau, 1857, whose flowers are usually paler, have a long spur the same color or darker than the petals, and are not scented.

Possible confusion with V. riviniana Rchb., 1823, whose flowers are usually paler, have a long white spur, and are not scented.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• V. odorata subsp. maderensis (Lowe) G.Kunkel, 1974;
• V. odorata subsp. odorata L., 1753, P;
• V. odorata subsp. stolonifera (J.J.Rodr.) Orell & Romo, 1991.

Photographs

Sources

• Chappuis, E. (2014). Viola odorata (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203495/2766319

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