I have had several people tell me that they have many of these violets growing in their sparse and shady lawns. Perhaps some of these plants were started courtesy of the birds too. The leaves on this violet are ovate and grow along the stems. The plant will self-seed prolifically in moist, bare soil but is much more restrained in sunny, drier conditions. This plant has no stems and all the leaves are basal, arising from the crown.
Early leaves are round and later ones are broadly ovate.
This species also self-seeds in moist soil. It generally starts blooming in early June, a few weeks later than the first two species. The plants do not produce as many flowers as the Northern Bog Violet however the flowers are larger. The leaves are all basal. Because of their leaf shape they are rarely noticed in the grass until the flowers appear.