Viola cornuta

Viola cornuta, known as horned pansy or horned violet, is a low-growing, clump-forming temperate evergreen perennial in the genus Viola (violet), native to the Pyrenees and the Cordillera Cantábrica of northern Spain at altitude of 1,000–2,300 metres (3,300–7,500 ft). It grows to 50 cm in height and spread. It has mid-green ovate leaves with rounded teeth, and masses of delicate pale violet flowers in early summer. The flower consists of five strap-shaped petals with a slender spur.

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• Fleurs pens es et viola cornuta plantes bisannuelles
• Benary introduces viola cornuta admire series
• References

This plant, and its white cultivar, 'Alba group', have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.