The blades are pinnatifid or pinnate-pinnatifid. It is a large species with deeply pinnatifid foliage fronds. The leaves are alternate, pinnatifid and with stalks. Leaves are evergreen, oblong and pinnatifid with acuminate tips. Leaves have villous hairs and their margins are pinnatifid or dissected. The leaves are light yellowish green, variously pinnatifid. The fronds are entire, pinnatifid, or variously forked or pinnate. Young blades are usually three pinnatifid. The leaves are deeply pinnatifid, long and wide on a petiole up to long. The blades are dentate or deeply lobed (pinnatifid). The leaves are linear, pinnatifid, long and wide on a petiole long. Leaves alternate and variable in shape, simple or pinnatifid, the leaf margins wavy. It is basically similar to other pinnatifid violets found endemic to central and southern Peru. The leaves are pinnatifid, long and wide on a petiole long.