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common dog-violet
Viola riviniana
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Sweet violetViola odorata
dooryard violetViola communis
Heath Dog-VioletViola canina
hookedspur violetViola adunca
Labrador violetViola labradorica
Hairy VioletViola hirta
marsh blue violetViola cucullata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 214,990 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 214,477 |
| United Kingdom | 3,677 |
| England | 2,891 |
| Russia | 1,007 |
| Czechia | 890 |
| Germany | 711 |
| Austria | 566 |
| France | 542 |
| Scotland | 441 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Nances, Willows, and Allies · Malpighiales |
| Family | Violet Family · Violaceae |
| Genus | Violets · Viola |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise common dog-violet with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.