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:
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 MIROFOSS database offers free printable garden tags for personal and non-profit use. These tags can be used to properly identify plant samples in a garden. Click on the tags shown on the the screen or -click here- to download a full size jpeg image for a yellow downy violet identification tag; which can be printed on paper or used with a plastic laser printer. | |
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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. |
Description | Gleason, H.A.; Cronquist, A. (1991). Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Bronx, NY: The New York Botanical Garden Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0893273651. |
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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