Viola riviniana, Viola broussonetiana, Viola insularis,
SE: Skogsviol, DE: Hain-Veilchen,
NL: Bosviooltje, UK: Common Dog-violet

Scientific name:		Viola riviniana Rchb.
Synonym name:		Viola broussonetiana Roem. & Schult., Viola insularis Gren. & Godr.
Swedish name:		Skogsviol
German name:		Hain-Veilchen
Nederlandse naam:		Bosviooltje
English name:		Common Dog-violet
Family:		Violaceae, Violväxter

Life form:		Perennial, rhizomes
Stems:		Height 5–20 cm, leafy, branched, usually glabrous (sometimes sparsely hairy)
Leaves:		Basal non-flowering rosette; Heart shaped leaves, about as long as broad, with rounded teeth and are usually hairless
Flowers:		2 slender bracts, 6 sepals spear shaped lobed at the base, 5 overlapping violet petals with a long backward pointing spur which is notched at the end; lower petal white at innermost end, with area of dark vertical veins just below this.
Flowering Period:		April, May, June
Fruits:		Glabrous, 3-valved capsule
Habitat:		humus-rich forests, orchards, roadsides and meadows hills.

Derivation of the botanical name: Viola, a classical Latin name for violets. Riviniana, in honor of Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (1652 - 1723), also known as August Bachmann, a German physician and botanist. broussonetiana, named for Pierre Marie August Broussonet (1761 - 1807), Professor of Botany at Montpellier, France insularis, pertaining to an island. The standard author abbreviation Rchb. is used to indicate Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793 – 1879), a German botanist and ornithologist. The standard author abbreviation Roem. is used to indicate Johann Jakob Roemer (1763 – 1819), a Swiss physician, entomologist and professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland. The standard author abbreviation Schult. is used to indicate Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (1773 - 1831), an Austrian botanist and professor in Vienna. The standard author abbreviation Gren is used to indicate Jean Charles Marie Grenier (1808 – 1875), a French botanist, professor of botany to the Faculty of Sciences at Besançon. The standard author abbreviation Godr. is used to indicate Dominique Alexandre Godron (1807 – 1880), a French physician and botanist.