Viola mandshurica is a perennial species of violet known by the common names dōng běi jǐn cài (:zh:东北堇菜, meaning "northeastern violet," in China), jebikkot (:ko:???, in Korea), and sumire (:ja:菫, :ja:スミレ in Japan, where V. mandshurica is considered the type species and other violet species have additional descriptors such as himesumire or nojisumire).