Viola kitaibeliana, the dwarf violet, is a plant species in the genus Viola. It is native to a large area from the Canary Islands, across Europe, to northern Iran and southern Turkmenistan.
It is an annual, and requires disturbed or grazed soil to grow.[1]
In 2021, two plants were discovered flowering on the 0.16 sq km island of Teän, in the Scilly Isles; the first seen there for 16 years.
Besides the nominate taxon, there are two other infraspecific taxa which are recognised in Plants of the World Online as of 2017:
This herbaceous plant is not higher than 12 cm. Like all violets the flowers are zygomorphic.