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Viola inconspicua Blume

Synon.: Viola betonicifolia Smith subsp. novaguineensis D. M. Moore; V. betonicifolia var. oblongosagittata(Nakai) F. Maekawa & T. Hashimoto; V. chinensis G. Don; V. confusa Champion ex Bentham; V. confusa subsp. nagasakiensis (W. Becker) F. Maekawa & T. Hashimoto; V. hunanensis Handel-Mazzetti; V. inconspicua subsp. nagasakiensis (W. Becker) J. C. Wang & T. C. Huang; V. mandshurica subsp. nagasakiensis W. Becker; V. minor (Makino) Makino; V. oblongosagittataNakai; V. patrinii var. minor Makino; V. philippica subsp. malesica W. Becker; V. primulifolia Loureiro (1790), not Linnaeus (1753); V. pseudomonbeigii Chang; V. serpens Wallich ex Gingins var. confusa(Bentham) J. D. Hooker & Thomson  

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Viola inconspicua Blume

Viola inconspicua subsp. inconspicua

Viola inconspicua subsp. nagasakiensis (W. Becker) Wang & Huang

CHIN: 长萼堇菜 chang e jin cai ; JAP: hime-sumire (ヒメスミレ, 姫菫 [meaning: dwarf viola] 

Distributional Range:  Native Africa WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius (possibly) Asia-Temperate CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng] EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan Asia-Tropical INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Sikkim, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh] INDO-CHINA: Myanmar MALESIA: Indonesia, [Jawa, Sumatera] Malaysia, [Pulau Pinang] Philippines [Luzon]

Habitat: Grasslands, field sides, path margins, forest margins; below 1600(-2400) m 

References:

1. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.

2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.

3. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.

4. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.

5. Wang, J. C. & T. C. Huang. 1990. Notes on the flora of Taiwan (9) the Viola L. (Violaceae). Taiwania 35:41.