AbstractThe VIOLA ALBIDA complex is a complicated group with taxonomic problems having continuous leaf variations and composed of taxa related to the following names:Viola albida,V. albidavar.takahashii, andV. chaerophylloides.As a first step to understanding the genomic nature of this complex, this study identified the whole chloroplast genome ofV. albida. The genome is 157,692 bp in length (36.3% of GC content) and contains four subregions: a large single copy region of 86,220 bp, a small single copy region of 17,248 bp, and a pair of inverted regions of 27,112 bp each. An annotation of the gene identifies 111 unique genes, including 77 protein-coding genes, four rRNA genes, and 30 tRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis of this genome with selected cp genomes fromViolaidentifies the close relationship betweenV. albidaandV. ulleungdoensis.It is noteworthy thatV. chaerophylloides, traditionally recognized as a member of the VIOLA ALBIDA complex, is genetically distant fromV. albidaand forms a sister group of all other members of the subsectionPatellares. Our genome report is expected to serve as a basis for understanding the identity of the VIOLA ALBIDA complex.