Viola odorata L., 1753 29% complete

Garden violet

Sp. Pl.: 934 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced10 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded8 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 934 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Garden violet No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to W. & N. Iran, NW. Africa No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 18 cm
  • 17.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 175, 178, 251, 500, 881, 882
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white, purple Sourced
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 175, 178, 251, 500, 881, 882 below the average height (18 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months feb, mar
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 175, 178, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments 8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic)
  • 8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record