| Section | Patellares (Boissier) Nakai | |
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| Scientific Name | Type species | Viola tashiroi Makino : {Yaeyama Sumire} |
| Variety | Viola tashiroi var. tairae Nakajima : {sigaki Sumire} | |
| Form |
Viola tashiroi f. alboreticulata Nakajima : {Fuiri Yaeyama Sumire}
Viola tashiroi f. takushii Nakajima : {Iriomote Sumire}
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| Synonym | ||
| Origin | tashiroi : originating in a name of person (A. Tashiro 1857-1928). | |
| Common names | ||
| Stalk Form | The individual leaves and flowering stalks emerge directly from the rootstock. | |
| Habitat | The upstream of a river (mountain stream). Rocks which require sprays, such as the basin of a waterfall. It grows on a rock or moss. | |
| Distribution | Japan domestic | Distributed over Iriomote island and Ishigaki island in Okinawa. |
| Japan overseas | ||
| Others | ||
| Flower | Shape | Small size (about 1-1.5cm). A labiate petal is small. A flower pattern is long. There is hair in the side valve base. |
| Color | White flower. A purple article is in the labial palp. | |
| Spur | ||
| Season | ||
| Stigma | ||
| Aromatic | ||
| Others |  White short hair at the base of the side valve. |
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| Leaf | Shape | The leaf is carrying out the very small lozenge. A saw blade draws a loose curve. |
| Color | Generally the surface is deep green. The back is somewhat whitish green. | |
| Others | ||
| Seed | Shape | |
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| Others | ||
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| Endangered Information | ||
| Type Specimen | Iriomote island in Okinawa, 1970.4.21 by C. Nackejima | |
| Chromosome Number | 2n=22 (Yoshioka, H. & R. TANAKA, 1981, Chromosomes of Viola. Shin Kaki) | |
| Reference Information | ||
| Others | Viola tashiroi : A scientific name originates in a name of a person (Mr. Y. Tashiro). | |
