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|accepted_name=Viola japonica
|accepted_authority=Langsdorff ex Gingins
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=1: 295. 1824
|year=1824
}}
|common_names=Japanese violet
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Violaceae;Viola;Viola japonica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Violaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Viola]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Viola japonica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 114, 115
|treatment_page=page 134
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, acaulescent, not stoloniferous, 3–10 cm; rhizome thick, fleshy. <b>Leaves</b> basal, ca. 5, ascending to erect; stipules ± oblong, 2-fid, proximal margins entire, distal ± serrate, apex acuminate; petiole narrowly winged distally, 1–14 cm, usually glabrous; blade unlobed, broadly ovate or triangular-ovate, 3–8 × 3–5.5 cm, base cordate, margins crenate, usually eciliate, apex acute or ± obtuse, surfaces sparsely puberulent. <b>Peduncles</b> 3–6 cm, glabrous or pubescent, bracteoles near middle. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals broadly lanceolate, margins eciliate, auricles 6–8 mm; petals light violet or whitish violet on both surfaces, lowest 3 occasionally white basally, often dark violet-veined, lateral 2 sparsely bearded or beardless, lowest 17–20 mm, spur pale to dark violet, elongated, 5–10 mm; style head beardless; cleistogamous flowers present. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid, 8–10 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> unknown. <b>2n</b> = 48.Flowering Apr–Jun. <b>Gardens</b> and ruderal areas; 10–50 m; introduced; Mass.; Asia (China, Japan, Korea).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Gardens and ruderal areas
|elevation=10–50 m
|distribution=Mass.;Asia (China;Japan;Korea).
|introduced=true
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|references=
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name=Viola japonica
|authority=Langsdorff ex Gingins
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Violaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Gardens and ruderal areas
|elevation=10–50 m
|distribution=Mass.;Asia (China;Japan;Korea).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1824
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Viola
|species=Viola japonica
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