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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Viola pedata.jpg
|image_caption = Photographed in Hobbs State Park / Conservation Management Area, northwestern Arkansas
|status = G5
|status_system = TNC
|genus = Viola (plant)
|species = pedata
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

'''''Viola pedata''''', the '''birdsfoot violet''', '''bird's-foot violet''', or '''mountain pansy''', is a [[Viola (plant)|violet]] native to sandy areas in central and eastern [[North America]].

==Varieties==
Two primary color forms exist, ''Viola pedata'' var. ''lineariloba'' ("concolor"), which is a solid pink-lilac-lavender color, and var. ''pedata'' ("bicolor"), in which the superior petals are a deep red-purple and the lateral and interior petals are similar to the concolor variety.  Less common is ''Viola pedata'' var. ''linearloba'' forma ''alba'', which is a white flowered form.

==Cultivation==
Birdsfoot violet favors well drained, acidic soils in full to partial sun environments.  It is difficult to cultivate in typical garden environments because it does not tolerate rich, organic garden soils and excess moisture.

==Gallery==
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Bird's Foot Violet (Viola pedata).jpg|''Viola pedata'' var. ''bicolor''
Path through bird's-foot violet.jpg|A path covered in bird's-foot violets in the [[Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program|Spring Green Preserve]] in [[Sauk County, Wisconsin]]
</gallery>

==References==
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* {{cite book | author=Blanchan, Neltje | author-link=Neltje Blanchan | title=[[Wild Flowers Worth Knowing]] | year=2005 | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}

==External links==
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* {{NPIN|VIPE |link=1}}
* [http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/plant.asp?code=G280 Kemper Center for Home Gardening, Missouri Botanical Garden]
* {{Connecticut Plants|696 |link=1}}
* {{Missouri Plants |color=Blue |leaf=alt |genus=Viola |species=pedata |link=1}}
* {{Illinois Wildflowers|prairie/plantx/bird_violet |link=1}}
* {{Minnesota Wildflowers|flower/birdfoot-violet |link=1}}
* [http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=788 Ontario Wildflowers]
* [http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=VIOPED Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium], University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
* [http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/wildflowers/viola_pedata-lineariloba.html Plant Fact Sheet], North Carolina Cooperative Extension
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041127210027/http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/351.htm Chesapeake Bay Watershed Natives]
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/viola_pedata.shtml Plant of the Week], Celebrating Wildflowers, US Forest Service
* {{CalPhotos|Viola|pedata}}
* [http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/vipe.htm Bioimages]
* [http://www.plantbuzz.com/RockGard/pedata/pedata_faces.htm Viola Pedata Faces] (variation in flower color)

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[[Category:Viola (plant)|pedata]]
[[Category:Flora of the Eastern United States]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1753]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]


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