§1 Plant
Viola pedata L.
vernacular birdfoot violet — species · Violaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- 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
· 447 counties across 18 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 447 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Burke 13033
- Catoosa 13047
- Chattahoochee 13053
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Crawford 13079
- Dade 13083
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Gordon 13129
- Gwinnett 13135
- Hall 13139
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Madison 13195
- Meriwether 13199
- Murray 13213
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Paulding 13223
- Pickens 13227
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Richmond 13245
- Spalding 13255
- Taylor 13269
- Turner 13287
- Union 13291
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Walton 13297
- White 13311
- Whitfield 13313
- Wilkes 13317
Kentucky view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Clarke 28023
- Covington 28031
- Hinds 28049
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Marion 28091
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Smith 28129
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Snyder 42109
- Warren 42123
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIPE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5331278 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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