Section | Nominium Gingins | |
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Scientific Name | Type species | Viola collina Besser : {Ezo-aoi Sumire} Published in: Cat. hort. Cremeneci 151. (1816) |
Variety | ||
Form | ||
Synonym |
Viola teshioensis Miyabe et Tatew. : {Ezo-aoi Sumire}
Viola teshioensis Miyabe et Tatew. f. albiflora Tatew. : {Sirobana Ezo-aoi Sumire}
Viola atrichocarpa Borb.
≡ Viola centronum Perrier
Viola declivis Des Moul.
Viola gymnocarpa Janka
Viola nipponica var. yezoana Koidz.
≡ Viola opizii Knaf
≡ Viola valesiaca Hausskn. There are many others.
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Origin | ||
Common names | 【Chinese】球果堇菜 (qiu guo jin cai), 【Taiwanese】球果菫菜, 【Korean】둥근털제비꽃 | |
Stalk Form | A flower scape is extended from a stalk, and a flower blooms from each scape. | |
Habitat | It grows wild in the bottom of a bright deciduous forest, and the edge of a wood. In Honshu, it grows wild in the place where altitude is high. | |
Distribution | Japan domestic | From Hokkaido to the Honshu central part. |
Japan overseas | It is distributed over a wide area (East Asia, North Asia, Rossia to Europe). | |
Others | ||
Flower | Shape | Middle size. An upper valve curves and a side valve is seldom opened. |
Color | The petal is light purple. Tthe purple-red line is in the petal. | |
Spur | Whitish and small. | |
Season | Early for alpine species. | |
Stigma | Rod-shaped. | |
Aromatic | Fragrant. | |
Others | Petals tend to wavy. | |
Leaf | Shape | The leaves are round, but the tips are sharp, and the whole leaves rise vertically. |
Color | Both sides are green. | |
Others | Overwintering leaves are not observed. Fine hairs are noticeable on the leaves. | |
Seed | Shape | |
Color | ||
Others | It forms spherical, hairy fruits. Gently cleave on the ground. Ant-dispersed plant (Myrmecochorous type). | |
Characteristics of roots | ||
Endangered Information | Akita:ThreatenedⅠ, Saitama:Near Threatened | |
Type Specimen | Amur. | |
Chromosome Number | 2n=20 (LEE, Y. N. 1967. Chromosome Numbers of flowering plants in Korea. J. Korean Res. Inst. Ewha Women's Univ.) |
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Reference Information | ||
Others | It does not vegetatively propagate on the sword branch. |