Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana : {Japanese Name : Higo Sumire}
Kanagawa / May 1, 2010 alt.=775m
Gunma / April 24, 2010 alt.=700m
Gunma / April 25, 2010 alt.=755m
Section |
Patellares (Boissier) Nakai |
Scientific Name |
Type species |
Viola chaerophylloides (Regal) W. Becker : {Nanzan Sumire} Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 2: 856 (1902) |
Variety |
Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana (Maxim.) Makino : {Higo Sumire} B. M. T. 19: 87 (1905) |
Form |
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Synonym |
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Origin |
chaerophylloides: Shape is similar with Chaerophyllum. |
Common names |
细裂堇菜 (xi lie jin cai) |
Stalk Form |
The individual leaves and flowering stalks emerge directly from the rootstock. |
Habitat |
In the forest bottoms showing a slight good drying per the positive of the mountainous district. |
Distribution |
Japan domestic |
From Akita to Kyusyu in Japan. |
Japan overseas |
The east northern part in China, Russia, the Korean Peninsura. |
Others |
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Flower |
Shape |
Medium (a corolla is about 15 - 20mm across). The side valve base is hairy. |
Color |
Colors of the petals are usually white, purple-striate on low petal. A few red flower is seen in Kyushu. |
Spur |
Usually a long cylinder. |
Season |
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Stigma |
Inverted triangle. |
Aromatic |
Fragrance. |
Others |
In western Japan, some individuals have red purple stripes behind the upper valve. |
Leaf |
Shape |
A compound leaf that splits in five. 15 - 25mm long, 15 - 25mm wide in flower season. |
Color |
Light green. |
Others |
Summer leaf becomes quite large. However, form does not change mostly. |
Seed |
Shape |
Fallen egg shape. Medium and small grains. |
Color |
Dark yellow-brown. Seed pillow: white with no gloss. |
Others |
The fruits are hairless and have reddish brown spots. |
Characteristics of roots |
White and thick. It is composed of a few large roots. |
Endangered Information |
Akita:ThreatenedⅠ, Miyagi:ThreatenedⅠ, Yamagata:ThreatenedⅠ, Niigata:ThreatenedⅡ, Gunma:ThreatenedⅠ, Titigi:Near Threatened, Saitama:Near Threatened, Tokyo:ThreatenedⅠ, Ishikawa:ThreatenedⅡ, Gifu:ThreatenedⅠ, Kyoto:準Threatened種、Osaka:ThreatenedⅡ, Tottori:Near Threatened, Yamaguchi:Near Threatened, Kochi:ThreatenedⅠ, Kagoshima:ThreatenedⅡ |
Type Specimen |
Nagasaki |
Chromosome Number |
2n=24 |
Reference Information |
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Others |
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Gunma / April 20, 2002 Mt. Haruna
Toyko / March 29, 2001 Cultivation
Toyko / March 29, 2001 Cultivation
Red flower group. : A flower bud is red, and the petal is thin crimson.
Kanagawa / May 19, 2010
Cultivation
Tokyo / March 30, 2023
Tokushima : May 7, 2009 alt.=870m
Tokyo : May 1, 2010 alt.=770m
Gunma : April 24, 2010
Chiba : April 3, 2005 Cultivation