球果堇菜(原变种) qiu guo jin cai (yuan bian zhong)

Viola hirta Linnaeus var. collina (Besser) Regel; V. microdonta Chang.

Petioles, leaf blades, pedicels, and capsules puberulous. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Jun-Aug. 2n = 20.

Forests, forest margins, thickets, grassy slopes, mountain valleys, moist places along roadsides; below 2800 m. Anhui, Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, NW Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan; Europe].