Viola riviniana
Common dog-violet
Viola riviniana, Common dog-violet, is a plant of woodland edges and lightly grazed grassland. The flowers are not scented, unlike the similar Sweet Violet, Viola odorata.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Viola riviniana, Common dog-violet. Front view of flower. Hargill, Redmire. April.
Slide 2: Viola riviniana, Common dog-violet. Side view of flower showing pointed sepals (Viola oderata has rounded sepals). Hargill, Redmire. April.
Slide 3: Viola riviniana, Common dog-violet. Side view of flower with leaf to left. Hargill, Redmire. April.