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Viola pilosa Blume

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Common names: 匍匐堇菜 pu fu jin cai 

Synon.: Viola pogonantha W. W. Smith; V. serpens Wallich ex Gingins; V. serpens subsp. gurhwalensis W. Becker; V. serpens var. pseudoscotophylla H. Boissieu. 

Distributional Range: Native Asia-Temperate WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan CHINA: China [Jiangxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu] Asia-Tropical INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, [Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh] Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi (s.w.), Sumatera (c.)]

Habitat: Mountain forests, grasslands, roadsides; 800-3000 m.  

References: 

1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java. Note: = Viola serpens Wall. ex Ging.

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

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8. Okamoto, M. et al. 1993. Morphology and chromosome number of Viola pilosa, and its systematic position. Taxon 42:781-787.

9. Okamoto, M. 1984. A new species of Viola collected in East Kalimantan, with notes on seed dispersal of the allied species concerned. Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. 37:13.

10. Polunin, O. & A. Stainton. 1984. Flowers of the Himalaya

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