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§1 Plant
Viola affinis Leconte
vernacular sand violet — species · Violaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Violaceae Batsch
- Genus
- Viola
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 662 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 662 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Benton 05007
- Chicot 05017
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Mississippi 05093
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Fulton 21075
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Union 21225
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Baton Rouge 22121
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Delta 26041
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 78 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Craven 37049
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Allendale 45005
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Oconee 45073
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Calumet 55015
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIAF2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5331214 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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