Vasilis Teodoridis:
Viola kosanensis Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 28. 1913.
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Viola fukienensis W. Becker; V. kiangsiensis W. Becker;
V. nagamiana T. Hashimoto; V. shinchikuensis Yamamoto.
Herbs perennial; caulescent or acaulescent; 5–15 cm tall.
Rhizome erect; yellow-brown; very long; to 12 cm; stout; 4–7
mm in diam.; densely noded; with dense brown remains of
stipules; often branched at apex; with numerous long; slender
fibrous roots. Basal leaves numerous; fasciculate; rosulate;
stipules free; brown; linear-lanceolate; margin fimbriate-serrate;
petiole 1.5–4 cm; very narrowly winged in upper part; blade
ovate or triangular-ovate; 1.3–3.5 x 1–3 cm; both surfaces glabrous
to subglabrous or appressed puberulous; with dense
brown glandular dots; veins conspicuously raised abaxially;
base shallowly cordate or cuneate; margin serrulate; apex ±
acute. Flowers deep purple to light purple or white; small; ca. 1
cm; pedicels linear; 2–7 cm; slender; soft; glabrous or puberulous;
2-bracteolate above middle; bracteoles linear-subulate; 3–
3.5 mm; margin fimbriate at base. Sepals linear-lanceolate; 5–6
mm; 3-veined; margin entire; apex ± acute; basal auricles ca.
1.5 mm; apex rounded or inconspicuously crenate. Petals oblong-
obovate; lateral ones bearded; anterior one shorter; spur 2–
3 mm. Ovary glabrous; styles slightly geniculate at base; stigmas
raised; shortly beaked in front; slightly margined abaxially
and adaxially. Capsule oblong; 6–7 mm; glabrous; with brown
dots. Seeds brown when mature; ovoid-globose; ca. 2 mm; ca. 1
mm in diam. Fl. Mar–Apr; fr. Aug–Oct.
? Forest margins on mountains; shaded and moist places along
riversides; 200–2700 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; NE Guizhou;
Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; S Shaanxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; NW Yunnan.