Violaceae

Viola prionantha Bunge

Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola

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Viola prionantha (Viola prionantha) — FlowerPhoto: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

Chinese: 光瓣堇菜, 冷毒草, 大风子科，旌节花科，西番莲科, 早开堇菜, 毛花早开堇菜, 毛花早開堇菜, 泰山堇菜

Synonyms

Viola prionantha var. prionantha
Viola prionantha var. sylvatica Kitag.
Viola prionantha var. trichantha Ching J.Wang
Viola taischanensis Ching J.Wang
Viola taishanensis Ching J.Wang

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 229 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Дмитрий Дунин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: shizhao, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jane Charlen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.