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Fam.: Violaceae / Violet Fam.  

Genus:  Viola  L.
 

Authors:
   BESSER:  Willibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784 - 1842), Austrian physician and botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Viola:   Roman plant name
   alba:   white
 

The White Violet  Viola alba subsp. alba has light green leaves and a greenish spur. In the subspecies Viola alba subsp. scotophylla the leaves become very dark over time and at least the spur is tinged with purple, if not even the entire flower. Both subspecies of the White Violet have narrower stipules than the related Sweet Violet Viola odorata.

 

Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, CH Gotthard 5.6.2010
Fig. 1:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
CH Gotthard 5.6.2010
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, CH Gotthard 5.6.2010
Fig. 2:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
CH Gotthard 5.6.2010
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Fig. 3:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Fig. 4:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Fig. 5:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Fig. 6:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Fig. 7:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Fig. 8:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Durmersheim 31.3.2010
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Fig. 9:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Fig. 10:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Fig. 11:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Fig. 12:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Fig. 13:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet (stipules)
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Fig. 14:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet (stipules)
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Fig. 15:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 31.3.2020
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Fig. 16:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Fig. 17:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Fig. 18:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Fig. 19:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Fig. 20:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 10.3.2007
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 13.3.2007
Fig. 21:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 13.3.2007
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 21.5.2007
Fig. 22:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 21.5.2007
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 21.3.2022
Fig. 23:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 21.3.2022
Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 21.3.2022
Fig. 24:  Viola alba subsp. alba / White Violet
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 21.3.2022

 


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