Sweet violet
बनफ्शा
Viola odorata L.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 13 cm
- wide
- 13 cm
Violaceae
Also called Common Violet, English Violet, Common Blue Violet, Eurasian Sweet Violet, Common violet
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to W. & N. Iran, NW. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 15 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 15 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, purple, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Dutch
- Maarts viooltje
- Swedish
- Luktviol
- German
- Wohlriechendes Veilchen, Duftveilchen, Märzveilchen
- Indonesian
- Antanan Kembang, bunga violet
- French
- Violette odorante, violette odorante
- Chinese
- 香堇菜
- Danish
- Martsviol, Marts-viol, Marts-Viol
- Russian
- Фиалка душистая
- Portuguese
- Violeta-de-cheiro
- Polish
- Fiołek wonny
- Estonian
- lõhnav kannike, Lõhnav kannike
- Czech
- violka vonná
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Viola odorata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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