Pubescens: Answers to key questions in Lee/Harmes key leading to this species. 

	plants 20 to 40 cm tall
	stems covered in downy hairs
	flowering stems leafy at the top
	leaves ovate with cordate bases
	flowers yellow

Violaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family. 

	herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]
	plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]
	plants not with colored milky juice
	plants with more than one normal leaf
	some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]
	leaves with stipules; NOT [leaves without stipules, or having glands]
	flowers with two floral rings
	calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]
	corolla with each petal distinct from the others
	corolla irregular in shape; NOT [corolla regular in shape]
	corolla with one petal spurred or sac-like; NOT [corolla pea-like]
	stamens usually separate or partly so, not in a column; NOT [stamens numerous, united into a column]
	fruit a 3-valved capsule; NOT [fruit a legume]