Viola elatior

Fen violet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species:
V. elatior
Binomial name
Viola elatior
Fr.
Synonyms
List
  • Viola canina subsp. elatior (Fr.) Wigand
  • Viola montana var. elatior (Fr.) Regel
  • Viola canina subsp. montana (L.) Hartm.
  • Viola canina var. montana (L.) Fr.
  • Viola danubialis Borbás
  • Viola erecta Gilib.
  • Viola fedtschenkoana W.Becker
  • Viola fedtschenkoana var. muzaffarabadensis W.Becker
  • Viola flavicornis var. montana (L.) Rupr.
  • Viola hornemanniana Schult.
  • Viola montana DC.
  • Viola montana L.
  • Viola persicifolia Schreb.
  • Viola procera Pall. ex Ledeb.
  • Viola pseudomontana Błocki
  • Viola stipulacea Hartm.
  • Viola subpubescens Borbás
  • Viola sylvestris subsp. turkestanica W.Becker

Viola elatior, the fen violet, is a species of violet native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia. In the British Isles it is very rare, occurring in a few fens in England and near the western coast of Ireland.

The violet is also known as viola persicifolia and viola stagnina.

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