Section | Chamaemelanium Gingins | |
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Scientific Name | Type species | Viola pubescens Aiton Hort. Kew. ed. I. 3: 290. (1789) |
Variety |
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula Schwein. ex Torr. & A. Gray Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1: 142. (1838)
Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa Nutt.
Viola pubescens var. peckii House
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Form | ||
Synonym |
Viola pensylvanica Michx.
Viola eriocarpon (Nutt.) Schwein.
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Origin | Viola pubescens : Downy | |
Common names | 【English】Downy Yellow Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet | |
Stalk Form | A flower scape is extended from a stalk, and a flower blooms from each scape. | |
Habitat | It grows wild on the opened forest with a slight strong drying of the sunlight. Other document explains that it grows in boggy woodlands. | |
Distribution | Japan domestic | |
Japan overseas | Distributed from the eastern part of North America. | |
Others | ||
Flower | Shape | Middle Size. |
Color | Petal is yellow with some brownish-black striping. The spur is small. | |
Spur | ||
Season | It begins to bloom from early spring, and flowering season is long. | |
Stigma | ||
Aromatic | ||
Others | ||
Leaf | Shape | Wide heart form. The tip is sharp lightly. |
Color | Both sides are bright green. | |
Others | Several leaves are in the upper part of the stem. | |
Seed | Shape | |
Color | ||
Others | Fruit is a white-wooly capsule filled with fairly large seeds that are dispersed by ants. | |
Characteristics of roots | ||
Endangered Information | ||
Type Specimen | United States of America. | |
Chromosome Number | 2n=12 | |
Reference Information | ||
Others | Downy Yellow Violet. |