Oriental yellow violet is a small East Asian violet with bright yellow spring flowers. It grows wild in the Russian Far East, northeastern China, Korea, and Japan, but not in the US.
Appearance
- Growth form
- A low perennial, about 4–7 in (10–18 cm) tall.
- Flowers
- Yellow flowers about 0.6–0.8 in (1.5–2 cm) across, with five petals; the lower petal has dark lines.
- Flowering time
- April–May in Korea and Japan.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- mountain grasslands
- Range
- Native to the Ussuri region of the Russian Far East, northeastern China and the Shandong Peninsula, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan. It does not grow wild in the US.
- Preferred conditions
- Grows on sunny mountain slopes and grasslands; in Japan it favors grasslands dominated by Japanese silver grass and dwarf bamboo.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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