Bird's-foot Violet
Viola pedata
Variegated Fritillary caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 26 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 6 in to 8 in tall, 6 in wide
- Flowers
- Blue, purple and white
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Roots
- Spreading rhizomes or runners
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flowerfall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Butterflies
- Host plant for the Variegated Fritillary
- Caterpillars
- 19 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 16 kinds of native bees
- Birds
- 8 kinds of birds
- On its flowers
- Mining bee (Andrena wilkella), Mining bee (Andrena geranii), Mining bee (Andrena violae), Mining bee (Andrena nigrihirta)
Grows well with
Robin's-plantain
Narrowleaf Sundrops
New Jersey Tea
Bluestem Goldenrod
Calico Aster
Sweet Goldenrod
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod
Butterfly MilkweedFacts from the Quercus record for Viola pedata.