Section		Trigonocarpae Gordon
Scientific Name	Type species	Viola walteri House Published in: Torreya, 6: 172. (1906)
	Variety	Viola walteri var. appalachiensis (L. K. Henry) L. E. McKinney ex S. P. Grund & B. L. Isaac Published in: Castanea 72(1): 59. (2007)
	Form
	Synonym
	Origin	walteri : Person name derived : Thomas Walter (Botanist in South Carolina:1745-1800)
Common names		【English】Appalachian blue violet , Prostrate blue violet, Walter's violet, prostrate southern violet
Stalk Form		A flower scape is extended from a stalk, and a flower blooms from each scape.
Habitat		Growing wild in a dry rocky place, the forest.
Distribution	Japan domestic
	Japan overseas	USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA).
	Others
Flower	Shape	Middle or small size.
	Color	Light purple, purple-striate on a whitish low petal.
	Spur
	Season
	Stigma
	Aromatic
	Others	The spur is round and whitish.
Leaf	Shape	Large size. Kidney shape.
	Color	Upper surface is light green, the back is brownish. Green blur enters along leaf vein.
	Others	It is used as a ground cover in winter.
Seed	Shape
	Color
	Others
Characteristics of roots
Endangered Information
Type Specimen		> United States of America.
Chromosome Number		2n=54
Reference Information
Others		prostrate blue violet, Walter's violet, prostrate southern violet