Viola philippicaCav.

WFO wfo-0000423757 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola philippica, photographed by mami_t_t
fig. a mami_t_t, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-28 / obs. 185115022
Viola philippica, photographed by Timur Kalininsky
fig. b Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119740741
Viola philippica, photographed by Timur Kalininsky
fig. c Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119740956
Viola philippica, photographed by WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁
fig. d WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117074577
Viola philippica, photographed by Yi CHEN
fig. e Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66228384
Viola philippica, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. f Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34784444
Viola philippica, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. g Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34708009
Viola philippica, photographed by Yi CHEN
fig. h Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65156975

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Viola philippica is native: Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Taiwan, Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Vietnam, West Himalaya AmurChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanInner MongoliaJapanManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeTaiwanAssamBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalukuNew GuineaPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraVietnamWest Himalaya KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Viola philippica, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Amur AMU ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Inner Mongolia CHI
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Nansei-shoto NNS
Primorye PRM
Taiwan TAI

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 25 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 alisoviana Kiss
  • Viola alisoviana f. candida (Kitag.) Taken.
  • Viola chinensis f. alboviolacea Skvortsov
  • Viola chinensis f. anomala Skvortsov
  • Viola chinensis f. communis Skvortsov
  • Viola chinensis f. dissecta Skvortsov
  • Viola chinensis f. glabra Skvortsov
  • Viola edanoii W.Becker
  • Viola longistipulata Hayata
  • Viola nantouensis S.S.Ying
  • Viola patrinii var. chinensis Hayata
  • Viola philippica f. candida (Kitag.) Kitag.
  • Viola philippica subsp. munda W.Becker
  • Viola philippica var. philippica
  • Viola pseudojaponica Nakai
  • Viola stenocentra Hayata ex Nakai
  • Viola taiwaniana Nakai
  • Viola tosaensis Nakai
  • Viola yedoensis Makino
  • Viola yedoensis f. candida Kitag.
  • Viola yedoensis f. pallescens (K.Nakaj.) K.Nakaj.
  • Viola yedoensis f. pubescens (K.Nakaj.) K.Nakaj.
  • Viola yedoensis f. sonoharae E.Hama
  • Viola yedoensis f. viridescens (K.Nakaj.) K.Nakaj.

and 1 more.

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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