Viola pedatifida, known variously as prairie violet, crow-foot violet, larkspur violet, purple prairie violet, and coastal violet, is a perennial herbaceous plant that is native to Canada and the United States.

The specific epithet pedatifida means "palmately divided with cleft segments" in botanical Latin, in reference to the leaves, which look like a bird's foot with the outer toes again parted.

Prairie violet grows 5-30 cm (2.0-11.8 in) tall with violet flowers. It is an acaulescent violet, meaning it lacks leaves on the flowering stems. Prairie violet flowers between March and June. The flowers are light violet, the lower three petals white near the base, usually with some hairs.

Viola pedatifida is native broadly across the central United States and south-central Canada, from Alberta to Ontario, south to Arkansas, west to New Mexico. It has a disjunct distribution in Virginia where it grows in Appalachian shale barrens. Across much of its range, prairie violet grows in dry prairies and other dry, sunny habitats. It is the provincial flower of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

Type: Hardy perennial

Hardiness zones: 3-7

Height: 6", 15cm

Location: Sun or part shade

Seeds per packet: 5