Viola riviniana Rchb., 1823

Common names

🇬🇧 Common Dog-violet
🇫🇷 Violette de Rivinus, Violette de Rivin

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 riviniana

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, and are not scented.

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

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

Named after Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (1652-1723), a German physician and botanist.

Photographs

img/viola-riviniana.webp — *Viola riviniana*

img/viola-riviniana-2.webp — *Viola riviniana*

img/viola-riviniana-3.webp — *Viola riviniana*

img/viola-riviniana-4.webp — *Viola riviniana*

img/viola-riviniana-5.webp — *Viola riviniana*

img/viola-riviniana-6.webp — *Viola riviniana*

img/viola-riviniana-7.webp — *Viola riviniana* - Leaves

img/viola-riviniana-8.webp — *Viola riviniana* - Leaf

img/viola-riviniana-9.webp — *Viola riviniana* - Immature seed capsule

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1076). Biotope.