Viola mirabilisL.

wonder violet

WFO wfo-0000423441 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola mirabilis, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. a Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205703703
Viola mirabilis, photographed by Екатерина Гущина
fig. b Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204673993
Viola mirabilis, photographed by Татьяна Фирсова
fig. c Татьяна Фирсова, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204644052
Viola mirabilis, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. d Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203327497
Viola mirabilis, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. e Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203314599
Viola mirabilis, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. f Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203246383
Viola mirabilis, photographed by Anastasia_Surkova
fig. g Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201724051
Viola mirabilis, photographed by Евгений Егорейченков
fig. h Евгений Егорейченков, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201808594

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Native range 44 botanical countries

Regions where Viola mirabilis is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Primorye, Transcaucasus, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Krym, North European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeTranscaucasusWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyHungaryItalyKrymNorth European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine Korea
Native distribution of Viola mirabilis, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Transcaucasus TCS
West Siberia WSB

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 9 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 brachysepala Maxim.
  • Viola mirabilis f. latisepala W.Becker
  • Viola mirabilis subsp. brachysepala (Maxim.) Vorosch.
  • Viola mirabilis subsp. subglabra (Ledeb.) Zuev
  • Viola mirabilis var. brachysepala (Maxim.) Regel
  • Viola mirabilis var. brevicalcarata Nakai
  • Viola mirabilis var. glaberrima W.Becker
  • Viola mirabilis var. platysepala Kitag.
  • Viola mirabilis var. subglabra 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. 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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