Plants : ViolaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Viola odorata L.

Sweet Violet

Description: A perennial violet with long stolons and violet or white flowers which are sweetly scented. Mainly recorded from the west of Northern Ireland in hedges and shady places. A garden escape at many of its sites.

All names: Viola odorata L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Viola odorata at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Viola odorata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Viola odorata. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2924. Accessed on 2026-11-02.