Viola dissectaLedeb.

cutleaf japanese violet

WFO wfo-0000423989 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola dissecta, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. a Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-08 / obs. 196790123
Viola dissecta, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. b Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197289724
Viola dissecta, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. c Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197289931
Viola dissecta, photographed by Valentin Kosterin
fig. d Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195528051
Viola dissecta, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. e Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194581257
Viola dissecta, photographed by Юлия
fig. f Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131682163
Viola dissecta, photographed by Анна Васильченко
fig. g Анна Васильченко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177450810
Viola dissecta, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. h Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38032016

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Viola dissecta is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeTuvaWest SiberiaYakutiya Korea
Native distribution of Viola dissecta, 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
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK

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 6 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 dissecta f. pubescens (Regel) Kitag.
  • Viola dissecta var. dissecta
  • Viola dissecta var. pubescens (Regel) Kitag.
  • Viola lii Kitag.
  • Viola pinnata subsp. multifida W.Becker
  • Viola pinnata var. dissecta (Ledeb.) Regel

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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