Viola suecica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species: Viola suecica

Name

Viola suecica Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 556 (1849).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Viola achyrophora Greene, Pittonia 5: 33 (1902).
  • Viola epipsila var. hyperborea Rupr., Fl. Samojed. Cisural.: 23 (1845).
  • Viola epipsila subsp. palustroides W.Becker, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 72 (1921).
  • Viola epipsila var. palustroides (W.Becker) Tatew. & Kobayasi, J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 36: 62 (1934).
  • Viola epipsila subsp. repens W.Becker, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 406 (1917).
  • Viola epipsila var. repens (W.Becker) R.J.Little, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4: 225 (2010).
  • Viola epipsiloides Á.Löve & D.Löve, Bot. Not. 128: 516 (1975 publ. 1976).
  • Viola hyperborea (Rupr.) Vl.V.Nikitin, Fl. Vostochnoĭ Evropy 9: 201 (1996).
  • Viola palustroides (W.Becker) Tzvelev, Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 8(1): 33 (1980).
  • Viola repens Turcz. ex Trautv. & C.A.Mey. in A.T.von Middendorff, Reise Sibir. 1(2; 3): 18 (1856), nom. illeg.
  • Viola repens var. albiflora Popov, Konspekt Fl. Pober. Baĭkal: 213 (1966).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate China Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Xinjiang. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Mongolia Mongolia. Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya. Europe Northern Europe Finland, Norway, Sweden. Northern America Eastern Canada Ontario. North-Central U.S.A Minnesota. Northeastern U.S.A Michigan. Subarctic America Alaska, Aleutian Is., Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Ballard, H.E., Kartesz, J.T. & Nishino, M. 2023. A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 150(1): 3–266. DOI: 10.3159/TORREY-D-22-00029.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Viola suecica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Sep 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Viola suecica. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sep 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Viola suecica. Accessed: 10 Sep 2025. Reference page.