Data specific to Violas (Edit)
Growth habit: Compact/mounding

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 4 - 6 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 12 inches
Leaves: Other: Heart shaped, toothed, dark, glossy green.
Fruit: Dehiscent
Other: 3-celled capsule containing numerous tiny seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Other: Pale to deep lavender with white throat.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Sand Violet
  • Pale Early Violet
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viola affinis
  • Synonym: Viola sororia subsp. affinis
  • Synonym: Viola sororia var. affinis

Photo Gallery
Location: Morris Bridge Park - Hillsborough County, Florida
Date: 02-MAR-2006
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: April, 2011
Growing in partial sun near the woods edge.
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-18
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-18
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-04-10
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-02-27
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2012-05-01
Photo by SongofJoy

Joe F. Duft - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1992. Wester
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: April, 2011
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-02-28
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-11-27
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-18
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Very nice shot of this lovely viola! by SongofJoy Jan 19, 2013 4:05 AM 2

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