Viola kitaibelianaSchult.

WFO wfo-0000424301 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola kitaibeliana, photographed by Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun
fig. a Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-28 / obs. 192886278
Viola kitaibeliana, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. b Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176925796
Viola kitaibeliana, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. c Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122650239
Viola kitaibeliana, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. d Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121849112
Viola kitaibeliana, photographed by Bastien Alegot
fig. e Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114456934
Viola kitaibeliana, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. f Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115327194
Viola kitaibeliana, photographed by Emanuele Santarelli
fig. g Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 68897389
Viola kitaibeliana, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. h Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196711269

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Viola kitaibeliana is native: Canary Is., Morocco, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine MoroccoCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Canary Is.
Native distribution of Viola kitaibeliana, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Canary Is. CNY AFRICA
Morocco MOR

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 3 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 arvensis subsp. kitaibeliana (Schult.) Mateo & Figuerola
  • Viola brachyantha Stapf
  • Viola karakalensis Klokov

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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