Viola gmelinianaSchult.

WFO wfo-0001144750 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola gmeliniana, photographed by Анна Васильченко
fig. a Анна Васильченко, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-27 / obs. 204375632
Viola gmeliniana, photographed by Анна Васильченко
fig. b Анна Васильченко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132295765
Viola gmeliniana, photographed by Анна Васильченко
fig. c Анна Васильченко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177450401
Viola gmeliniana, photographed by Ochirnima Nimaev
fig. d Ochirnima Nimaev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190843587
Viola gmeliniana, photographed by Юлия
fig. e Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135628017
Viola gmeliniana, photographed by Юлия
fig. f Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134306285
Viola gmeliniana, photographed by Юлия
fig. g Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132814237
Viola gmeliniana, photographed by Юлия
fig. h Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133346384

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Viola gmeliniana is native: Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, West Siberia, Yakutiya AmurBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKhabarovskManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeWest SiberiaYakutiya
Native distribution of Viola gmeliniana, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Amur AMU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Khabarovsk KHA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
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 4 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 fusiformis Sm.
  • Viola gmeliniana var. albiflora W.Becker
  • Viola gmeliniana var. glabra Ledeb.
  • Viola gmeliniana var. hispida Ledeb.

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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