Viola decumbens is a perennial plant with a woody base that is assigned to the violet family.

Viola decumbens is a small shrub with very fine granules on its green parts, and a woody base.

The orange anthers hang together (in jargon connivent), and two have extensions that reach into the spur and produce nectar.

[1] New research suggests it belongs to the section Xylinosium, together with two species from the Mediterranean: V. arborescens and V.

[4] Viola decumbens occurs only in the extreme south of the Western Cape, for instance in the Kogelberg and Hottentots Holland Mountains.