Viola blandaWilld.

sweet white violet

WFO wfo-0001144420 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola blanda, photographed by Mark Apgar
fig. a Mark Apgar, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-14 / obs. 197638564
Viola blanda, photographed by Lisa Wiencek Gerbec
fig. b Lisa Wiencek Gerbec, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196139371
Viola blanda, photographed by Trix Niernberger
fig. c Trix Niernberger, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196098422
Viola blanda, photographed by Trix Niernberger
fig. d Trix Niernberger, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196100209
Viola blanda, photographed by Violet T.
fig. e Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199835760
Viola blanda, photographed by adam busey
fig. f adam busey, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198448653
Viola blanda, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. g Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 189131767
Viola blanda, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. h Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 189131450

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Viola blanda is native: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin AlabamaConnecticutGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaIowaKentuckyMaineManitobaMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNewfoundlandNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuébecSaskatchewanSouth CarolinaTennesseeVermontVirginiaWest VirginiaWisconsin DelawareDistrict of ColumbiaRhode I.
Native distribution of Viola blanda, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
District of Columbia WDC
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Kentucky KTY
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
North Carolina NCA
North Dakota NDA
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
Québec QUE
Rhode I. RHO
Saskatchewan SAS
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Viola alsophila Greene
  • Viola blanda var. amoena Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
  • Viola blanda var. palustriformis A.Gray
  • Viola incognita Brainerd
  • Viola incognita var. forbesii Brainerd
  • Viola incognita var. incognita
  • Viola leconteana G.Don

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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