Viola verecunda var. yakusimana : {Japanese Name : Koke Sumire}
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Chiba / Mayr 13, 2013 Cultivation
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana Viola verecunda var. yakusimana

Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Chiba / December 23, 2000 Cultivation
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana A young bud

has grown.
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana It grew up well.

Actually,

the moss is higher

than it.

Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Chiba / February 6, 2001 Cultivation

Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Chiba / April 4, 2013 Cultivation
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Chiba / June 19, 2013 Cultivation
Section Bilobatae W. Becker
Scientific Name Type species Viola verecunda A. Gray : {Nyoi Sumire} Published In: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s. 6(2): 382 (1858)
Variety Viola verecunda var. yakusimana (Nakai) Ohwi : {Koke Sumire}
Form
Synonym Viola yakusimana Nakai [B. M. T. 36: 35 (1922)]
Origin yakusimana : originating in a name of a island.
Common names
Stalk Form A flower scape is extended from a stalk, and a flower blooms from each scape.
Habitat Acid marshland. It grows so that a face may be taken out from the moss and sphagnum moss growing in the damp area.
Distribution Japan domestic A variety peculiar to Yakushima (Kagoshima Pef.).
Japan overseas
Others
Flower Shape Very small size.
Color White, purple-striate on low and side petal.
Spur Bag-shaped, thick and short.
Season Late (May-September, mid-season June-August). It keeps blooming relatively long, mainly in July.
Stigma
Aromatic
Others The upper valve often bends and blooms.
Leaf Shape Oval heart shape. Thick and shiny. 1 - 1.3cm long, 1.5 - 2cm wide.
Color Both sides are deep green.
Others
Seed Shape Rounded drip-proof shape.
Color Dark brown.
Others
Characteristics of roots
Endangered Information Kagoshima : ThreatenedⅠ
Type Specimen Yakushima Island in Kagoshima.
Chromosome Number 2n=24
Reference Information
Fruit & Seeds Viola verecunda var. yakusimana Viola verecunda f. violacens
Left : Viola verecunda var. yakusimana : There are only three seeds in a fruit.
Right : Viola verecunda f. violacens : This seed is a little smaller than  yakusimana.
Others It is assumed that it adjusts to the environment and it trivialized extremely. The flowering season keeps blooming comparatively long around July.

Viola verecunda var. yakusimana Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Chiba / May 16, 2013 Cultivation
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Viola verecunda var. yakusimana
Leaves of Viola verecunda f. violascens are sticking out above. Please compare the size of exploded fruit and leaves.
Chiba / June 17, 2013 Cultivation

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