Plant Name Yellow Downy Violet
Scientific Name Viola Pubescens
Family Violet
Plant Type Perennial
Start of Blooming Season May
End of Blooming Season June
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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.

Please note that MIROFOSS does not suggest in any way that plants should be used in place of proper medical and psychological care. This information is provided here as a reference only.


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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There is currently no seed or bulbs images for yellow downy violet in the MIROFOSS database.


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

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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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