Viola cornuta
Viola cornuta, known as horned pansy or horned violet, is a species of flowering plant in the violet family Violaceae, native to the Pyrenees and the Cordillera Cantábrica of northern Spain at an altitude of. It is a low-growing, clump-forming temperate evergreen perennial, reaching in height and spread. It has mid-green ovate leaves with rounded teeth, and masses of delicate pale violet flowers in early summer. The flower consists of five strap-shaped petals with a slender spur.
This plant, and the white-flowered Alba Group, have gained the Royal [Horticultural Society]'s Award of [Garden Merit].
It is a known host of the pathogenic fungus Puccinia violae.