Status
Native status
Native
Species Biology
Identification
- Flowers from March to May
- Solitary blue-violet flowers with five petals
- The lower petal has a stout, blunt, straight spur that is darker than the petals and does not have a notch
- The leaves are heart-shaped with toothed margins and are on long, slender stalks
Don’t confuse with the Common Dog-violet. In this species
the spur at the back of the flower is paler than the petals and is notched at
the tip.
Preferred environment
Dry deciduous woods, hedgerows. Prefers shady calcareous
ground
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2025
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How can you help
This species is included in our spring flowering plants project. If you see the species please submit your sighting. All information is very valuable.
Full list of
species included in the spring flowering plants project:
- Bluebell
- Common Dog-violet
- Cowslip
- Early Dog-violet
- Early-purple Orchid
- Lady’s smock (Cuckooflower)
- Lesser Celandine
- Lords-and Ladies
- Primrose
- Toothwort
- Wild Garlic
- Winter Heliotrope
- Wood Anemone
- Wood Sorrel
- Coltsfoot
- Three-cornered Garlic
Further information
This species is included in
the spring flowering plants project which is a collaboration between the
National Biodiversity Data Centre and the BSBI. It is hoped we can collect
valuable data to improve our knowledge of the current distribution of some
common plants. All data will be fully validated by both partners before loading
to Biodiversity Maps and being made available to the BSBI.