| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola thomsonii Oudem. sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 74 (1867) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 800-2400m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, cordate to ovate-cordate, sparsely white strigose or glabrous, densely shallowly crenate, acuminate, flowers pedicellate, petals oblong, 15mm across, spur 2mm |
| Size | 3-10cm |
| Color | purple, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |