Yellow Downy Violet is a native species of violet found throughout North America. Yellow Downy Violet can be found in mesic woodlands or sometimes meadows; from Minnesota and Ontario to Nova Scotia, South to Virginia. Downy Yellow Violet produces two different types of flowers during the season including chasmogamous flowers in the early spring and cleistogamous flowers in summer through autumn. The species name 'pubescens' means downy-haired. Similar looking species to the yellow downy violet include round-leaved yellow violet, viola rotundifolia. The two species can be differentiated by leaf shape and leaf margin. Additionally yellow downy violet has both basal and cauline leaves while round-leaved yellow violet has only basal leaves.

There is currently no commercial application for yellow downy violet.

Within the realm of natural and holistic medicine, there is currently no documented use for downy yellow violet.

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There is currently no edibility information on downy yellow violet.

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Yellow Downy Violet prefers to live in dry forests and meadows and prefers full to partial sunlight.

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Yellow Downy Violet grows 15cm to 40cm tall with soft woolly hairs covering the plant stems. The leaves of yellow downy violet are cordate shaped with a crenate margin and are approximately 4cm to 10cm long and 4cm to 13cm wide; with cross-venulate venation. Yellow Downy Violet has bright yellow flowers, veined with purple toward the throat, that are 15mm to 25mm wide with five petals. Each flower contains five sepals, five stamens, and 1 pistil. Each year the yellow downy violet produces one, woolly haired, seed capsule approximately 10mm to 12mm long.

Plant Height	15cm to 40cm
Habitat	Dry forests and meadows
Leaves	Cordate 4cm to 10cm long
Leaf Margin	Crenate
Leaf Venation	Cross-venulate
Stems	Hairy stems
Flowering Season	May to June
Flower Type	Bilaterally Symmetrical
Flower Colour	Yellow
Pollination	Bees, Insects
Flower Gender	Flowers are hermaphrodite and the plants are self-fertile
Fruit	Small capsule 10mm to 12mm long
USDA Zone	4A (-31°C to -34°C) cold weather limit

No known health risks have been associated with yellow downy violet. However ingestion of naturally occurring plants without proper identification is not recommended.

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Yellow Downy Violet can be referenced in certain current and historical texts under the following four names: Hairy Yellow Violet Smooth Yellow Violet Yellow Violet Yellow Forest Violet Downy Yellow Violet can be translated into the following select languages:
Arabic	الأصفر البنفسجي ناعم	Bulgarian	жълто копринено виолетово	Chinese (Sim)	黄色柔和的紫罗兰
Croatian	žuti ljubičasti ljubičasti	Czech	žlutá pinková fialová	Danish
Dutch		Esperanto	flava ruĝa violo	Estonian	kollane väike violetne
Finnish	keltainen aallotettu violetti	French	violet duvet jaune	German	gelb flaumig violett
Greek	κίτρινο μαύρο μωβ	Hebrew	צהוב סגול	Hungarian	sárga lila ibolya
Italian	giallo lanuginoso viola	Japanese	黄色いダウンニーバイオレット	Korean	노란 솜털 같은 보라색
Punjabi	ਪੀਲੇ ਰੰਗ ਦੀ ਵੇਈਓਟ	Lithuanian	geltona rausva violetinė	Norwegian	gul nedeformet fiolett
Persian	بنفش نازک زرد	Polish	żółty puchaty fiołek	Portuguese	violeta amarelo suave
Romanian		Russian	желтый пушистый фиолетовый	Slovak	žltá fialová
Spanish	amarillo violeta suave	Swedish		Tagalog	dilaw na kulay-lila
Turkish	sarı tüylü menekşe	Ukrainian	жовта пухна фіолетова	Vietnamese	màu vàng tím

The information provided in this conservation assessment has been provided by the Natureserve Database in conjuction with various federal, provincial, state, county, district, regional, and municipal governments as well as public and private conservation authorities. Information in this section is accurate from the last time this article was updated.
	Yellow Downy Violet is considered to be a secure native species in North America.

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Description	Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto:McClelland and Stewart Ltd.
Description	Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
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Image Rendering	USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Environment	National Audubon Society. Field Guide To Wildflowers (Eastern Region): Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-40232-2
Physical Identification	National Audubon Society. Field Guide To Wildflowers (Eastern Region): Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-40232-2
April 22, 2018	The last time this page was updated
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