Viola obtusa, a perennial herb with short white hairs all through, inhabits sunny grasslands in fields and mountains. Leaves, both radical and those on the stems, are concentric, 1.5- 3 cm long. Flowers, with 1.2-1.5cm-long petals, are dark red-purple, with distinctive white portions in the centers. The height measures 10-20 cm around bloom time, but it grows to approximately 30 cm when bearing fruit. Bloom time: March-May.