Kebnat

Viola

27 species

In Québec, the genus Viola (family Violaceae) counts 27 species of plants. The stars? Alpine violet, Smooth yellow forest violet and Canadian white violet, the most often observed. The richest region: Montérégie, with 25 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Montérégie25
  2. Laurentides21
  3. Capitale-Nationale20
  4. Estrie20
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches20
  6. Outaouais19
  7. Montréal18
  8. Lanaudière17
  9. Centre-du-Québec17
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean15
  11. Bas-Saint-Laurent14
  12. Abitibi-Témiscamingue14
  13. Mauricie13
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine13
  15. Nord-du-Québec12
  16. Côte-Nord11
  17. Laval11

Viola 27

Malpighiales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Violaceae
All120Salicaceae49Violaceae27Euphorbiaceae19Hypericaceae15Elatinaceae4Linaceae4Phyllanthaceae1Podostemaceae1
Alpine violet589 observations
Smooth yellow forest violet448 observations
Canadian white violet395 observations
Large-leaved white violet392 observations
Marsh blue violet362 observations
Northern woodland violet323 observations
Common blue violet310 observations
White violet254 observations
Downy yellow violet225 observations
Sweet violet175 observations
Selkirk's violet154 observations
Sweet white violet132 observations
Northern white violet129 observations
Dooryard violet128 observations
Roundleaf violet108 observations
Blue violet98 observations
Sand violet66 observations
European field pansy63 observations
Bog white violet60 observations
Northern bog violet58 observations
Marsh violet48 observations
Johnny-jump-up44 observations
Long-spur violet43 observations
Glade violet20 observations
Sand violet17 observations
Arrow-leaved violet11 observations
New England violetViola novae-angliae