| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viola violacea Makino sect. Viola |
| Bibliography | Ill. Fl. Japan: t. 67 (1891) |
| Native Range | se. China to c. & s. Japan, South Korea |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 500-1900m |
| Description | leaves erect, petiolate, narrowly triangular-ovate, 2-5cm, acutely cordate, shallowly serrate, glabrous, abaxially purple, flowers 15mm, sepals broadly lanceolate, spur thin, |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | reddish 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 makinoi H.Boiss. Viola obtusosagitta Koidz. Viola sacraricola Nakai Viola tanakaeana Makino Viola violacea var. albida Nakai Viola violacea f. albida (Nakai) F.Maek. Viola violacea f. concolor Nakash. Viola violacea f. leucantha E.Hama Viola violacea var. makinoi (H.Boissieu) Hiyama ex F.Maek. Viola violacea f. okuharae E.Hama Viola violacea f. pictifolia Honda Viola violacea f. rubra E.Hama Viola violacea var. tanakaeana (Makino) T.Hashim. ex E.Hama & K.Nakaj. Viola violacea f. variegata E.Hama Viola violacea f. versicolor E.Hama |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHS China Southeast) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |