| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola grypoceras A.Gray sect. Viola |
| Synonyms | Viola coreana H.Boissieu |
| Viola hideoi Nakai | |
| Viola wichurae Nakai | |
| Habitat | thickets |
| Altitude | 500-2400m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, cordate to reniform, 1-3cm, obtuse to acute, crenate-serrate, glabrous, flowers 15-20mm across, sepals lanceolate, spur thin, 6-8mm long, purple |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pale purple |
| 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
Russian Far East (Kuril Is. , Sakhalin ) China (China South-Central , China North-Central , China Southeast ) Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea , Nansei-shoto , Taiwan) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | VIOLACEAE
grypoceras ripensis N.Yamada & M.Okamoto, Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. 50: 2 (1996)
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