| Section | Erpetion (Sweet) Benth. & Hook.f. | |
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| Scientific Name | Type species | Viola banksii K.R.Thiele & Prober Published in: Muelleria 18:15. (2003) |
| Variety | ||
| Form | ||
| Synonym | Viola hederacea Labill.（Former name [misapplied]） Published in: Nov. Holl. pl. 1:66, t. 91. (1805) | |
| Origin | banksii: Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) English naturalist, botanist, plant collector. |
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| Common names | 【Chinese】常春藤叶堇菜 (chang chun teng ye jin cai)、【Taiwanese】腎葉菫, 熊猫菫, 【English】Ivy Leaved Violet, Tasmanian Violet, Australian violet, Trailing violet |
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| Stalk Form | This species has leaves on the stalks that bear flowers. | |
| Habitat | It grows naturally in the wastelands of the coast from the mountains. Cultivation does not choose the environment so much, but if you want to make many flowers bloom, it is better to be bright and moist. | |
| Distribution | Japan domestic | |
| Japan overseas | The Australia northeast part, the central Malay Peninsula. | |
| Others | It blooms year-round in Australia's native environment. | |
| Flower | Shape | Small size. A petal is rounding. There is hair in side petals. |
| Color | The central part of the white petal is a purple-blue color. There is small orange blossom pillar centrally. | |
| Spur | Not find. | |
| Season | November - February. A flower is seen except midwinter and midsummer (Actually all year). | |
| Stigma | Elongated rod-like shape. | |
| Aromatic | Unscented. However, in the materials of overseas nurseries, it is considered to be fragrant and 'White Glory' is expressed as a slight incense. | |
| Others | A long flower stalk stretches and a curled flower blooms. | |
| Leaf | Shape | The whole leaf is the square round shape. The base is a heart type. |
| Color | Both surfaces are deep green. | |
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| Seed | Shape | |
| Color | ||
| Others | Viola banksii sold in Japan are not fertile. | |
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| Endangered Information | ||
| Type Specimen | Botany Bay : originally collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in 1770. | |
| Chromosome Number | 2n=54 | |
| Reference Information |
New species and a new hybrid in the Viola hederacea species complex, with notes on Viola hederacea Labill [Kevin R. Thiele and Suzanne M. Prober] Muelleria 18: 7-25 (2003)
Plant Name Changes from the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)
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| Others | Viola hederacea was revised to Viola banksii by Kevin Thiele, in 2004. | |
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