Viola hymettiaBoiss. & Heldr.

WFO wfo-0000424245 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola hymettia, photographed by Yehor Yatsiuk
fig. a Yehor Yatsiuk, CC0 1.0 / 2006-05-03 / obs. 77953369
Viola hymettia, photographed by Roman
fig. b Roman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122934579
Viola hymettia, photographed by Ljaž
fig. c Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193460298
Viola hymettia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167079894
Viola hymettia, photographed by Valerii Darmostuk
fig. e Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125088198
Viola hymettia, photographed by Valerii Darmostuk
fig. f Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125097182
Viola hymettia, photographed by Valerii Darmostuk
fig. g Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79341175
Viola hymettia, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. h Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187686431

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Viola hymettia is native: East Aegean Is., North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Albania, Central European Russia, East European Russia, France, Greece, Italy, Krym, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine East Aegean Is.North CaucasusTranscaucasusAlbaniaCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaFranceGreeceItalyKrymPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Viola hymettia, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Central European Russia RUC
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS

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 2 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 arvensioides Strobl
  • Viola olyssiponensis Rouy

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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