| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola kusanoana Makino sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 173 (1912) |
| Native Range | Russian Far East to South Korea, Japan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | stems thin, leaves 2-3cm, orbiculate, cordate, subacuminate, obscurely crenate, ciliate, stipules narrowly lanceolate, flowers to 2cm long, over leaves, spur straight |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | bluish 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 dageletiana Nakai Viola insularis Nakai Viola kusanoana f. alba Masam. Viola kusanoana var. brevicalcarata H.Hara Viola kusanoana f. brevicalcarata (H.Hara) F.Maek. Viola kusanoana var. glabra Nakai Viola kusanoana var. pubescens Nakai Viola kusanoana f. pubescens (Nakai) M.Mizush. Viola kusanoana f. radicans M.Nagas Viola kusanoana f. subrosea H.Igarashi Viola mutsuensis W.Becker Viola silvestriformis W.Becker |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KUR Kuril Is., PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |