Viola chaerophylloides(Regel) W.Becker

WFO wfo-0001144434 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Viola chaerophylloides, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. a Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-10-06 / obs. 53350862
Viola chaerophylloides, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. b Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34784450
Viola chaerophylloides, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. c Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33881260
Viola chaerophylloides, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. d Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53350866
Viola chaerophylloides, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. e Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34784448
Viola chaerophylloides, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. f Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33881257
Viola chaerophylloides, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. g Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34784452
Viola chaerophylloides, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. h Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33881255

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Viola chaerophylloides is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaJapanManchuriaPrimorye Korea
Native distribution of Viola chaerophylloides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Primorye PRM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Viola albida f. sieboldiana (Maxim.) F.Maek.
  • Viola albida var. chaerophylloides (Regel) F.Maek.
  • Viola albida var. sieboldiana (Maxim.) F.Maek.
  • Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana (Maxim.) F.Maek.
  • Viola chaerophylloides var. chaerophylloides
  • Viola dentariifolia H.Boissieu
  • Viola dissecta f. sieboldiana (Maxim.) Makino
  • Viola dissecta var. chaerophylloides (Regel) Makino
  • Viola dissecta var. sieboldiana (Maxim.) Nakai
  • Viola napellifolia Nakai
  • Viola napellifolia var. sieboldiana (Maxim.) Nakai
  • Viola pinnata var. chaerophylloides Regel
  • Viola pinnata var. sieboldiana Maxim.
  • Viola savatieri f. detonsa (Kitag.) Kitag.
  • Viola savatieri var. detonsa Kitag.
  • Viola sieboldiana (Maxim.) Makino
  • Viola sieboldiana var. chaerophylloides (Regel) Nakai

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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