菊叶堇菜 ju ye jin cai

Viola dissecta var. takahashii Nakai, Icon. Pl. Koisik. 1(4): 94. 1912; V. albida f. takahashii (Nakai) Kitagawa; V. savatieri Makino f. detonsa (Kitagawa) Kitagawa; V. savatieri var. detonsa Kitagawa; V. ×takahashii (Nakai) Takenouchi.

Leaf blade abaxially greenish, adaxially deep green, ovate or oblong-ovate, 3-5 × 1.5-3 cm, glabrous, sometimes sparsely puberulous only along veins, base shallowly cordate, margin greatly varied in appearance, usually irregularly few lobed or 3-5-fid, lateral lobes shorter, middle lobe longer, terminal lobes lanceolate, margin remotely and large toothed, apex acute. Stipules ca. 1/2 adnate to petioles. Flowers white or light violet. Fl. May, fr. Jun-Oct. 2n = 24.

Mixed forests; 300-500 m. Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Shandong [Korea].

In FRPS (51: 79. 1991), the name Viola savatieri Makino was misapplied to this taxon.