Violaceae

Viola inconspicua Blume

Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola

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Viola inconspicua (Viola inconspicua) — FlowerPhoto: 鍾惠名, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 長萼堇菜, 长萼堇菜, 如意草, 拟长萼堇菜, 犁头草, 铧尖草, 长萼堇菜（短毛堇菜）, 短毛堇菜
Japanese: ヒメスミレ

Synonyms

Viola apetala Roxb.
Viola confusa Champ. ex Benth.
Viola confusa subsp. nagasakiensis (W.Becker) F.Maek. & Hashim.
Viola confusa var. lanyuensis S.S.Ying
Viola inconspicua f. albescens (Taken.) Yonek.
Viola inconspicua subsp. nagasakiensis (W.Becker) J.C.Wang & T.C.Huang
Viola inconspicua var. minor (Makino) S.S.Ying
Viola mandshurica subsp. nagasakiensis W.Becker
Viola minor (Makino) Makino
Viola minor f. pilosa F.Maek.
Viola minor var. albescens Taken.
Viola minor var. ciliata Taken.
Viola patrinii var. minor Makino
Viola philippica subsp. malesica W.Becker
Viola primulifolia Lour.
Viola pseudomonbeigii Chang
Viola serpens var. confusa (Champ. ex Benth.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Flowers

In flower: January to April (from 149 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 鍾惠名, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: keisotyo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: jimmy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.