Viola diffusa x V. verecunda : {Japanese Name : Satuma Sumire}
Viola diffusa x verecunda
Viola diffusa x verecunda
Tokyo / March 31, 2014 Cultivation
Viola diffusa x verecunda Viola diffusa x verecunda
Viola diffusa x verecunda
Tokyo / April 9, 2011 Cultivation
Mating parents
Viola diffusa
Viola diffusa Ging. ex DC. ( 2n=26 )
Viola verecunda
Viola verecunda A. Gray ( 2n=24 )
Scientific Name
Viola x sp.
Viola diffusa Ging. ex DC. x V. verecunda A. Gray in Bull. Bot. Soc. Nagano no. 6: 27, f. 1, center & 2, center, t. 2 (1973)
Common names
Stalk Form Hybrids between stemless species.
Habitat The humid roadsides that both mother class performs blend life of.
Distribution Japan domestic
Japan overseas
Others
Flower Shape Small size. Because the labellum is short, it looks horizontally long.
Color The surface is light reddish purple, and the back side is whitish.
Spur Round and white.
Season
Stigma
Aromatic
Others The flathead has white hair. The hair at the base of the flathead is long.
Leaf Shape Egg-shaped. The base is shallow. Hair derived on the surface thickly.
Color Generally both sides are dark green.
Others Hair grows densely on the surface. The petioles have wings.
Characteristics of roots Older ones become thicker and woody.
Endangered Information
Type Specimen
Chromosome Number
Reference Information
Others The origin of the naming depends on the area name 'satuma' in Kagoshima.
Sterile. It is said that the cultivation is easy.
On May 5, 1972, Mr. T. Kamiyama found it in Satsuma-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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