| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola variegata Fisch. ex Link sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 240 (1821) |
| Native Range | se. Siberia to n. China and c. & s. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 300-1700m |
| Description | leaves ovate-elliptic to suborbiculate, 25-50mm long, crenate, adaxially often white variegate and abaxially purple, flowers 15-20mm across, spur cylindrical, 7-8mm long |
| 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 when ripe or in spring division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Viola baicalensis W.Becker Viola maculata Patrin ex Ging. Viola primorskajensis (V.Becker) Vorosch. Viola tenuicornis ssp. baicalensis (W.Becker) W.Becker Viola tenuicornis ssp. primorskajensis W.Becker Viola umemurae Makino Viola variegata f. glaberrima W.Becker Viola variegata var. nipponica Makino Viola variegata f. nipponica (Makino) F.Maek. Viola variegata ssp. primorskajensis (W.Becker) Espeut Viola variegata var. primorskajensis (W.Becker) Vorosch. Viola variegata var. typica Regel Viola variegata var. viridis Kitag Viola variegata f. virids (Kitag.) P.Y.Fu & Y.C.Teng |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (CTA Chita) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |