| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola patrinii Ging. sect. Viola |
| Synonyms | Viola averii Kellogg |
| Viola chinensis G.Don | |
| Viola nepaulensis DC. ex D.Don | |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 200-2500m |
| Description | variable, leaves triangular-ovate, oblong or linear, crenate or serrate, petiolate, stipules linear, connate, flowers 15-20mm across, sepals lanceolate |
| Size | 4-9cm |
| Color | lilac |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Primorye , Sakhalin ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | VIOLACEAE
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