Viola keiskei : {Japanese Name : Maruba Sumire}
Viola keiskei
Kumamoto / April 16, 2009
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Kanagawa / April 24, 2011
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Chiba / April 10, 2010
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↑↓ Various patterns glow in the large area of Mt. Akagi!!(After 20 years, the difference in camera performance is clear)
Gunma / May 26, 2022
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Gunma / May 4, 2003
Section Patellares (Boissier) Nakai : (Re-verification is required by molecular phylogenetic analysis of chloroplast DNA.)
Scientific Name Type species Viola keiskei Miquel : {Maruba Sumire} Published in: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2:153. (1865)
Variety
Form Viola keiskei f. barbata Hiyama ex F.Maek. : {Hige-ke-maruba Sumire}
Synonym
Viola hirta f. keiskei (Miq.) Makino
Viola keiskei f. okuboi (Makino) F.Maek. : {Ke-maruba Sumire}
Viola keiskei var. glabra (Makino) W.Becker : {Maruba Sumire / Ke-maruba Sumire} Published in: Beih. Bot. Centralbl. Abt. 2, 40: 155(1923)

Viola okuboi (Makino) Makino
Origin keiskei : Originated from a person's name: Keisuke Ito, (1803-1901) Botanical taxonomist.
okuboi : Originated from a person's name: Saburo Okubo, (1857-1914) Botanical taxonomist.
Common names 【Korean】잔털제비꽃
Stalk Form The individual leaves and flowering stalks emerge directly from the rootstock.
Habitat The half-day shade on the sunny and dry ground, and on the slope of the ground which is easy to collapse.
Distribution Japan domestic In Japan, from Aomori Prefecture to Yakushima Island, common in the inland area of the Pacific side. According to the Specimen DB, there is a small collection record even in Hokkaido.
Japan overseas Korean Peninsula.
Others Few in western Japan.
Flower Shape Middle size (2 cm × 2 cm). A balanced round shape. Normally, side valves are hairy.
Color Basic color is white, purple stripe enters into the lower valve. Rarely, pale reddish flower in Kyushu region.
Spur
Season April - May.
Stigma Inverted triangle shape.
Aromatic Non-fragrance.
Others The edges of the petals may corrugate. The sepals have elliptical lanceolate shape.
Leaf Shape 5-7cm long x 5-7cm wide, egg shape or round heart shape.
Color Generally the surface is green, and the back side is light-green.
Others Basically white hair is dense on both sides. Summer leaves grow bigger.
Seed Shape Medium size. Wide ovals shape.
Color Seed: glossy black or dark gray brown. Seed pillow: light brown white color.
Others The number of seeds grows a lot.
Characteristics of roots Thick and white.
Endangered Information Type species:Yamagata:EndangeredⅠ, Niigata:Local populations, Toyama:EndangeredⅡ, Fukui:EndangeredⅠ, Kyoto:EndangeredⅠ,Nagasaki:EndangeredⅠ, Kagoshima:Near threatened
f. barbata:kyoto:EndangeredⅠ, Tottori:EndangeredⅡ
Type Specimen collected in Japan by Naturalis; Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL)
Mt. Yokokura in Kochi by T. Makino in B. M. T. 16: 132 (1902).
Chromosome Number 2n=24
Reference Information
Others Pioneer plant. Glabrous is rare.

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Kumamoto / April 21, 2006 It seems that hair is in a side valve.
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Tokyo / April 26, 2009 Center has been tinged with yellow. Totigi / May 2, 2009

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Chiba / April 17, 1999
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It is a basically white petal. A little pink color petal is also rarely seen. Also flower stalks is red.
Gunma / April 19, 2003
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Chiba / May 2, 2003 Kumamoto / April 17, 2009

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Chiba / November 23, 2009

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Hiroshima / APril 27, 2007

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Kanagawa / March 23, 2008 Cultivation (White Flower)

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Kanagawa / March 21, 2011 Cultivation (V. keiskei var. glabra ?)

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Totigi / May 2, 2009
I tried to make it up so that the hair of leaves is easy to see. Different names are given depending on the presence or absence of hair.
Mr. T. Hashimoto says, "It is almost meaningless to distinguish by hair." I think so, too.

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