Viola epipsilaLedeb.

dwarf marsh violet

WFO wfo-0000424072 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola epipsila, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. a Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-09 / obs. 204587544
Viola epipsila, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. b Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203516803
Viola epipsila, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. c Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204269994
Viola epipsila, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. d Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204685965
Viola epipsila, photographed by Михаил Малышев
fig. e Михаил Малышев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197843112
Viola epipsila, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. f Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133157688
Viola epipsila, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. g Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131491880
Viola epipsila, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. h Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131237862

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Viola epipsila is native: Altay, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden AltayKazakhstanKrasnoyarskWest SiberiaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandGermanyIcelandNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayPolandRomaniaSweden
Native distribution of Viola epipsila, 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
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Germany GER
Iceland ICE
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sweden SWE
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kazakhstan KAZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
West Siberia WSB

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 1 synonym

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 palustris var. epipsila (Ledeb.) Maxim.

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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