VViola variegata var. nipponica : {Japanese Name : Genji Sumire}
Viola variegata var. nipponica
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Viola variegata var. nipponica Viola variegata var. nipponica
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Viola variegata var. nipponica Viola variegata var. nipponica
Viola variegata var. nipponica Viola variegata var. nipponica
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Section Patellares (Boissier) Nakai
Scientific Name Type species VViola variegataFischer ex DC.: (cf. Fisch. ex Gingins, Fisch. ex Link): {Fuiri Genji Sumire}
Variety Viola variegata var. nipponica Makino : {Genji Sumire} Published in:B. M. T. 16: 159 (1902)
Form
Synonym
Viola variegata f. nipponica (Makino) F.Maek.
Viola umemurae Makino : {Iyo Sumire} Published in:B. M. T. 16: 131 (1902)
Origin variegata : Mottled, Variegated, nipponica : Japanese,
umemurae : Originated from a person's name: Jintaro Umemura, (1862-1946) Herbalist, dedicated by T, Makino.
Common names 【Chinease】班葉菫菜、斑叶菫菜、【Korean】알록제비꽃、【English】Cyclamen leaf Violet, Variegated leaf Violet
Stalk Form The individual leaves and flowering stalks emerge directly from the rootstock.
Habitat It grows wild in the forest which it is sunny and is dried. It is many on the slope where the fallen leaf piled up.
Distribution Japan domestic There are a few individuals, distributed segregatively in Japan.
Northern and central of Honshu (=Main Island), okayama, and Ehime.
Japan overseas Viola variegata var. variegata is distributed in China and Korean Peninsula, not in Japan. The leaves look like Cyclamen.
Others
Flower Shape Medium (a corolla is about 15 - 20mm across).
Color Pale reddish purple, purple-striate on low petal. The color of the back is darker.
Spur 7 - 8mm long.
Season Early.
Stigma Inverted triangle.
Aromatic Fragrant.
Others
Leaf Shape Blade orbicular-cordate, 20 - 50mm long, 15 - 30mm wide.
Color Upper surface is deep green, the other is usually purplish.
Others Usually with dense minute hairs.
Seed Shape Fallen egg shape. Medium grain.
Color Light brown close to ivory.
Others Capsule is reddish brown with white fine hairs.
Characteristics of roots White mustache root.
Endangered Information Aomori:Near endangered, Akita:EndangeredⅠ, Iwate:EndangeredⅡ, Totigi:Near endangered, Gunma:EndangeredⅡ, Saitama:EndangeredⅠ, Tokyo:EndangeredⅠ, Kanagawa:EndangeredⅠ, Hiroshima:EndangeredⅡ, Ehime:EndangeredⅠ
Type Specimen
Viola variegata var. nipponica: Arasumura in Nagano by Tanaka May. 24, 1902
Viola Umemurae:Kosioreyama in Ehime by Umemura April 17, 1898 [Makino Herbarium (MAK), Tokyo Metropolitan University]
Chromosome Number 2n=24 (Rudyka, E. G., 1990, Botanicheskii Žhurnal)
Reference Information
Others

Viola variegata var. nipponica Viola variegata var. nipponica
Tokyo / April 5, 1998 Cultivation

Viola variegata
[ Viola variegata ] The cultivation is very difficult. Of course, this is not mine.
Tokyo / July 16, 2000 Cultivation

Viola variegata var. nipponica
It is the first one observed in nature. Since time was late, only one flower was left there.
Yamanashi / May 5, 2001

Viola variegata var. nipponica Viola variegata var. nipponica
They were the group found in hills and fields next. Variegated figures was found at this time.
Yamanashi / April 26, 2003

Viola variegata var. nipponica
Kanagawa / March 23, 2008 Cultivation
Viola variegata var. nipponica
Yamanashi / April 30, 2004

Viola variegata var. nipponica Viola variegata var. nipponica
Yamanasi / April 13, 2013日
Viola variegata var. nipponica
Chiba / June 30, 2011 Cultivation

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