Viola belophylla H. Boissieu

Herbs perennial, acaulescent, 8-15 cm tall. Rhizome whitish to brown, ligneous, long, to 5.5 cm, 3-6 mm in diam., densely noded, with several, scattered, white roots. Leaves basal; stipules whitish or green, outer ones ovate-lanceolate, margin entire, inner ones ca. 1/2 adnate to petiole, free part narrowly lanceolate, margin remotely denticulate, apex acuminate; petiole 2.5-6(-20) cm, narrowly winged in upper part; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially deep green, ovate or narrowly ovate, 2-20 × 1.5-7 cm, both surfaces subglabrous or young leaves puberulous abaxially, base deeply cordate, sometimes 2 lobes overlapping, margin obtusely serrate, apex acute or caudate-acuminate. Flowers white, 1.7-1.9 cm; pedicels purplish in lower part, usually exceeding or subequaling leaves at anthesis, much shorter than leaves at fruiting, sparsely pubescent, 2-bracteolate at or slightly below middle; bracteoles opposite, linear; ca. 1 cm. Sepals oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 5-7 × 3-4 mm, apex obtuse or acute, basal auricles subsquare, 1.8-2.5 mm, 3-veined, apex shallowly or deeply dentate. Petals obovate, lateral ones 1.2-1.3 cm × ca. 4.5 mm, slightly bearded, anterior one 1.6-1.9 cm (spur included); spur cylindric, 5-7 mm, straight, apex rounded. Ovary glabrous; styles slender, ca. 2.5 mm, base slightly geniculate, conspicuously thickened in upper part; stigmas conspicuously margined on lateral sides and abaxially, shortly beaked in front, with a larger stigma hole at tip of beak. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 1 cm, glabrous. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep.

Sichuan, SW Xizang, Yunnan.

● Forest margins, grassy places on shaded mountain slopes, streamsides in mountain valleys; 1900-3200 m.

Viola monbeigii W. Becker.

Viola belophylla là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa tím. Loài này được H. Boissieu miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1908.