Viola odorata Calflora

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Taxon Report

Viola odorata L.

English violet, Sweet violet

2022 El Byrne

2019 John Rawlings

2025 jordanii

2024 ichihuahua

2020 Donald Burk

2018 Aaron Schusteff

2020 Dean Taylor

2008 Keir Morse

Viola odorata is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~111 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Viola
Family:	Violaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat the seed of this plant.

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Information about Viola odorata from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (VIOD) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/09/2025).