Violaceae

Viola philippica Cav.

Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola

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Viola philippica (Viola philippica) — FlowerPhoto: Yoshimasa Uchiyama, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 紫花地丁, 光瓣堇菜, 辽堇菜, 野堇菜, 铧头草
Japanese: ヴィオラ・フィリッピカ, ノジスミレ, ヴィオラ・イェドエンシス, ヴィオラ・エドエンシス, 野路菫
lzh: 紫花地丁

Synonyms

Viola alisoviana Kiss
Viola alisoviana f. candida (Kitag.) Taken.
Viola chinensis f. alboviolacea Skvortsov
Viola chinensis f. anomala Skvortsov
Viola chinensis f. communis Skvortsov
Viola chinensis f. dissecta Skvortsov
Viola chinensis f. glabra Skvortsov
Viola edanoii W.Becker
Viola patrinii var. chinensis Hayata
Viola philippica f. candida (Kitag.) Kitag.
Viola philippica subsp. munda W.Becker
Viola philippica var. philippica
Viola tosaensis Nakai
Viola yedoensis Makino
Viola yedoensis f. candida Kitag.

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 89 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Yoshimasa Uchiyama, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 許慶棠Ray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Shizhao, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: E-190, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mami_t_t, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mami_t_t, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Takaaki Hattori, 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.