Viola pedata, the birdsfoot violet, bird's-foot violet, or mountain pansy, is a violet native to sandy areas in central and eastern North America.

Viola pedata
Photographed in Hobbs State Park / Conservation Management Area, northwestern Arkansas
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Violaceae
Genus:	Viola
Species:	V. pedata
Binomial name
Viola pedata L.

Varieties

Two primary color forms exist, Viola pedata var. lineariloba ("concolor"), which is a solid pink-lilac-lavender color, and var. pedata ("bicolor"), in which the superior petals are a deep red-purple and the lateral and interior petals are similar to the concolor variety. Less common is Viola pedata var. linearloba forma alba, which is a white flowered form.

Cultivation

Birdsfoot violet favors well drained, acidic soils in full to partial sun environments. It is difficult to cultivate in typical garden environments because it does not tolerate rich, organic garden soils and excess moisture.

Gallery

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  Viola pedata var. bicolor
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  A path covered in bird's-foot violets in the Spring Green Preserve in Sauk County, Wisconsin

References

• Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

External links

Media related to Viola pedata at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Viola pedata at Wikispecies

• Native Plant Database profile, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin
• Kemper Center for Home Gardening, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Connecticut Plants, Connecticut Botanical Society

• Missouri Plants
• Illinois Wildflowers
• Minnesota Wildflowers
• Ontario Wildflowers
• Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
• Plant Fact Sheet, North Carolina Cooperative Extension
• Chesapeake Bay Watershed Natives
• Plant of the Week, Celebrating Wildflowers, US Forest Service
• Viola pedata in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
• Bioimages
• Viola Pedata Faces (variation in flower color)