Viola langsdorffii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Viola langsdorffii Fisch. ex Ging.

Aleutian violet

Viola langsdorffii is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

also called Viola langsdorfii

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~3 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Viola
Family:	Violaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: bogs/fens, coastal

Communities: Freshwater Wetlands, Northern Coastal Scrub, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


CNPS + PLANTS	Viola langsdorfii
JEF + PLANTS	Viola simulata
JEF + PLANTS	Viola superba

Information about Viola langsdorffii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (VILA6) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/22/2025).