kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales »  family Violaceae »  tribus Violeae > genus Viola > section Viola sect. Chamaemelanium Ging. > Viola subsect. Biflorae J. C. Clausen   

Viola muliensis Y.S. Chen & Q.E. Yang

木里堇菜 mu li jin cai 

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Distributional Range: Native Asia-Temperate CHINA: China [ SW Sichuan (Muli) ]

Habitat: Forest margins, moss-covered rock crevices; ca. 2500 m. 

This is a very rare and critically endangered species!

References:

1. Y. S. Chen & Q. E. Yang (2008) A new species of Viola (Violaceae) from southern China Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 158(4):755 - 761