| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola grypoceras A.Gray sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Narr. Exped. China Japan [L.M.Perry] 2: 308 (1857) |
| Native Range | Russian Far East to China, Temp. East Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | 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 |
| Synonyms | Viola canina var. japonica DC. Viola coreana H.Boissieu Viola grypoceras f. albiflora Makino Viola grypoceras var. barbata W.Becker Viola grypoceras f. brevicalcarata (Nakai) F.Maek. Viola grypoceras var. brevicalcarata Nakai Viola grypoceras f. discolor Nakai Viola grypoceras f. grandistipulata Naki Viola grypoceras f. hemileuca Honda Viola grypoceras f. hirtella Hiyama Viola grypoceras f. hosoii (Nakai) F.Maek & T.Hashim. Viola grypoceras var. imberbis (A.Gray) Ohwi Viola grypoceras f. leucantha H.Hara Viola grypoceras f. levellei (H.Boissieu) Nakai Viola grypoceras f. macrantha Asai Viola grypoceras f. obscuredentata Nakai Viola grypoceras var. pubescens Nakai Viola grypoceras f. pubescens (Nakai) M.Mizush. Viola grypoceras f. purpurellocalcarata (Makino) Hiyama ex F.Maek. Viola grypoceras var. purpurellocalcarata Makino Viola grypoceras f. rosipetala Hiyama Viola grypoceras f. sordida Hiyama Viola grypoceras f. takeii Hiyama Viola grypoceras f. trifolia Nakai Viola grypoceras f. variegata Nakai Viola grypoceras f. viridans Hiyama Viola grypoceras f. viridiflora Makino ex F.Maek. Viola grypoceras var. yakusimensis Masam. Viola hideoi Nakai Viola hideoi var. robustior Nakai Viola hosoii Nakai Viola leveillei H.Boissieu Viola longepedunculata Franch. & Sav. Viola silvatica var. imberbis A.Gray Viola silvatica f. macrantha A.Gray Viola silvatica f. micrantha A.Gray Viola sylvestris f. acaulis Miq. Viola sylvestris f. albiflora Matsum. Viola sylvestris var. imberbis A.Gray Viola sylvestris var. japonica (Ging.) Makino Viola wichurae Nakai |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KUR Kuril Is., SAK Sakhalin) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea, NNS Nansei-shoto, TAI Taiwan) |