Viola riviniana Rchb.
(Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesViola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
GenusViola (violets, pansies)
FamilyVIOLACEAE (violets, pansies)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet) :
1: Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
20 Apr 2011 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
in flower, beside sink hole
Image 1: In flower - side viewImage 2: In flower - top view
2: Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
1 May 2002 OSGR: SP50 51° 50’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Image 1: Flower and leavesImage 2: Flower - face viewImage 3: Flower - side viewImage 4: Fruit - side viewImage 5: PlantImage 6: Fruit - side viewImage 7: Seeds - enlargedImage 8: Seeds - enlarged (2)Image 9: Seeds - magnifiedImage 10: Seeds - magnified (2)
3: Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
2 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flower - face-viewImage 2: Flower - face-view (2)Image 3: Flowers - side viewImage 4: Flowers - side view (2)Image 5: Flowers - side view (3)Image 6: Plant - side viewImage 7: Plant - side view (2)Image 8: Plant - top viewImage 9: Plant - top view (2)Image 10: Calyx - lateral viewImage 11: Calyx - top viewImage 12: Flower - centre - close-up
4: Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
3 Apr 1977 OSGR: SU73 51° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Image 1: Flower - face-view - enlarged
5: Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
11 Apr 1976 OSGR: TQ02 51° 0’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Plant with flowersImage 2: Flower - face view - enlargedImage 3: Flower - side view - enlarged
6: Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
3 May 1975 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Leaves and flower
7: Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
16 Apr 1974 OSGR: SD67 54° 10’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Image 1: Flower - side view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Partridge, J. 2007 Viola x bavarica: the punctual Dog-violet? BSBI News 106: 8-9, inside rear cover.

Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)
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