Viola elatiorFr.

WFO wfo-0000424082 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola elatior, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. a Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / 2021-09-18 / obs. 158572778
Viola elatior, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. b Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196851140
Viola elatior, photographed by Sashko
fig. c Sashko, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174107138
Viola elatior, photographed by Evgenii Iaitskii
fig. d Evgenii Iaitskii, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110528937
Viola elatior, photographed by Дмитрий Дунин
fig. e Дмитрий Дунин, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204851495
Viola elatior, photographed by Olesia Haha
fig. f Olesia Haha, CC0 1.0 / obs. 90749383
Viola elatior, photographed by Константин Селивёрстов
fig. g Константин Селивёрстов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134583923
Viola elatior, photographed by Константин Селивёрстов
fig. h Константин Селивёрстов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 77636341

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Viola elatior is native: Altay, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine AltayIranKazakhstanKirgizstanNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanTranscaucasusUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangPakistanWest HimalayaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Viola elatior, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

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 11 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 canina var. montana (L.) Fr.
  • Viola danubialis Borbás
  • Viola fedtschenkoana W.Becker
  • Viola fedtschenkoana var. fedtschenkoana
  • Viola hornemanniana Roem. & Schult.
  • Viola montana L.
  • Viola persicifolia Schreb.
  • Viola procera Pall. ex Ledeb.
  • Viola stipulacea Fr. ex Hartm.
  • Viola subpubescens Borbás
  • Viola sylvestris subsp. turkestanica W.Becker

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. 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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