Section		Chamaemelanium Gingins
Scientific Name	Type species	Viola brevistipulata (Franch. et Savat.) W. Becker : {Oba Ki Sumire} Published in: Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 34:265 (1916)
	Variety	Viola brevistipulata subsp. brevistipulata var. ciliata (H.Boissieu) W.Becker: {Futige Oba Ki Sumire} Published in: Ann. Rep. Fac. Lib. Art. Coll. Iwate 1:79 (1950)
	Form	Viola brevistipulata subsp. brevistipulata var. ciliata f. albescens: {Sirobana Futige Oba Ki Sumire}
	Synonym	Viola brevistipulata var. ciliata (M. Kikuchi) F.Maek.: {Futige Oba Ki Sumire}
	Origin	brevistipulata : There is a short stipule.
Common names
Stalk Form		A flower scape is extended from a stalk, and a flower blooms from each scape.
Habitat		It grows wild in a roadside in bright high mountain near seaside.
Distribution	Japan domestic	Distributed near seaside area, from Hokkaido to Tohoku district.
	Japan overseas
	Others	There is a growth report of Minamisoma City in Fukushima Prefecture, and this is considered to be the current southern limit.
Flower	Shape	Middle size.
	Color	Deep bright yellow. A deep purple article enters into the labial palp. The back side of a petal wears purple.
	Spur	Small.
	Season
	Stigma	Inverted triangle.
	Aromatic
	Others	The flowers are small compared to the whole. Especially the lip is small.
Leaf	Shape	Heart-shaped (or egge shaped) long triangle form. There is a dent along a pulse. Short hair is in the edge of a leaf, and a hidden venation.
	Color	Mainly glossy green. The back is tinged with plum.
	Others	The leaf quality is thick.
Seed	Shape
	Color
	Others
Characteristics of roots
Endangered Information		Fukushima：ThreatenedⅠ
Type Specimen			Unconfirmed: Rikuzen-takata(1933), Miyako(1949), Kinkasan, Miyagi Pref.(?)
Chromosome Number		2n=12
Reference Information
Others		A stalk is purplish red. It does not grow gregariously.