Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola pekinensis (Regel) W.Becker sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 251 (1916) |
Native Range | n. & e. China to North Korea |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 500-2300m |
Description | leaves basal, abaxially purple, broadly ovate, glabrous, shallowly crenate, obtuse, sepals green or purple-red, lanceolate, acute, petals obovate |
Size | 2-13cm |
Color | purplish violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola interposita Kitag. Viola ircutiana ssp. tenuicornis (W.Becker) Vorosh. Viola kamtschatica var. pekinensis Regel Viola tenuicornis W.Becker Viola tenuicornis var. brachytricha W.Becker |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast) 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) |