page_title: Viola (plant)
section_title: Section Chilenium
hierarchical_section_title: Viola (plant) / Taxonomy / Subdivision / Species / List of selected species / Section Chilenium
caption_attribution_description: English: Viola decumbens at Kogelberg area near Bettysbaai, West-Kaap, Zuid-Afrika
context_page_description: Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae. It is the largest genus in the family, containing between 525 and 600 species. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, some are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes.
  Some Viola species are perennial plants, some are annual plants, and a few are small shrubs. Many species, varieties and cultivars are grown in gardens for their ornamental flowers. In horticulture the term pansy is normally used for those multi-colored, large-flowered cultivars which are raised annually or biennially from seed and used extensively in bedding. The terms viola and violet are normally reserved for small-flowered annuals or perennials, including the wild species.
context_section_description: A small S American section with about 8 species, as sister group to Erpetion, including;
  Viola reichei
  Section Danxiaviola
  Viola hybanthoides
  Section Delphiniopsis
  Viola cazorlensis
  Viola delphinantha
  Viola kosaninii
  Section Erpetion
  Viola banksii – Australian native violet, ivy-leaved violet
  Viola hederacea – Australian native violet, ivy-leaved violet
  Section Leptidium
  Viola stipularis
  Section Melanium (pansies)
  Viola arvensis – field pansy
  Viola bicolor
  Viola pedunculata – yellow pansy, Pacific coast.
  Viola bertolonii
  Viola calcarata
  Viola cheiranthifolia – Teide violet
  Viola cornuta
  Viola lutea
  Viola tricolor – wild pansy, heartsease
  Section Nosphinium
  Viola pedata
  Section A (V. abyssinica group)
  Viola abyssinica
  Section B (V. spathulata group)
  Viola spathulata
  Section Plagiostigma
  Viola epipsila
  Section Rubellium
  Viola capillaris
  Viola portalesia
  Viola rubella
  Section Sclerosium 
  Viola cinerea
  Section Tridens
  Viola tridentata – mountain violet
  Section Viola (violets)
  Viola canina – heath dog violet
  Viola hirta – hairy violet
  Viola labradorica – alpine violet
  Viola odorata – sweet violet
  Viola persicifolia – fen violet
  Viola riviniana – common dog violet
  Viola rostrata – long-spurred violet
  Viola sororia – common blue violet, hooded violet
  Section Xylinosium
  Viola decumbens
caption: Viola decumbens
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