Viola yezoensis : {Japanese Name : Hikage Sumire}
Viola yezoensis
Hokkaido / May 10, 2010 alt.=138m

Viola yezoensis
Hokkaido / May 10, 2010 alt.=130-180m
Viola yezoensis Viola yezoensis
Viola yezoensis Viola yezoensis
Viola yezoensis Viola yezoensis
Hokkaido / May 10, 2010
Section Patellares (Boissier) Nakai
Scientific Name Type species Viola yezoensis Maxim.: {Hikage Sumire} Published in: Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg 23: 325 (1877)
Variety Viola yezoensis var. asoana E.Hama : {Aso Hikage Sumire} Published in: E. Hama. In: J. Jap. Bot., 51(11): 341. (1976)
Form Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Nakai) Hiyama ex F.Maek. : {Takao Sumire} Published in: H.Hara, ESJ 3: 223 (1954)
Synonym
Viola biacuta W.Becker Published in: Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 414. (1917)
Viola flaccida Makino Published in: Bot. Mag. Tokyo, 1899 (242)
Viola hebeiensis J.W.Wang & T.G.Ma Published in: Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 8(2): 130. (1988)
Viola pycnophylla Franch. & Sav. Published in: Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 285. (1877)
Viola yatabei Makino Published in: Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16(183): 122-124. (1902)
Origin yezoensis : It is a name originating in a area name. cf.: Tohoku & Hokkaido area,
yatabei: Originated from a person's name: Ryokiti Yatabe, (1851-1899) Botanical taxonomist.
Common names
Stalk Form The individual leaves and flowering stalks emerge directly from the rootstock.
Habitat It grows to shade with a lot of moistures of the mountainous district.
Distribution Japan domestic A lot of this violets grow naturally in the Pacific Ocean side mountainous district in the central part north. And carries out isolation distribution in Kushiro, Hiroshima, and the Aso area.
Japan overseas Korean peninsula and China.
Others
Flower Shape Middle size (around 2cm).
Color A center is yellowish green with a beautiful white flower.
Spur Thick cylindrical shape (around 7-8 mm).
Season General time.
Stigma Inverted triangle.
Aromatic Slight scent.
Others The flower stem has coarse hair.
Leaf Shape 3 - 6cm long x 2 - 3cm wide. (It becomes large in summer.)
Color Bright green.
Others Summer leaves are large and petioles are long. The petioles have coarse hair.
Seed Shape Medium grain. Teardrop shape (bulging oval shape).
Color Dark brown.
Others
Characteristics of roots White. Thick and straight. Adventitious buds may emerge after flowering and reproduce to form a community.
Endangered Information Chiba:EndangeredⅠ, Tokyo:EndangeredⅠ, Niigata:EndangeredⅡ, Toyama:EndangeredⅡ, Yamagata:EndangeredⅡ, Oita:Near endangered, Kumamoto:EndangeredⅠ
Type Specimen
var. yezoensis : Hakodate city in Hokkaido 1861 collected by Maxim..
var. asoana : Kukino vil. in Kumamoto 1965.4.12 by K. Honda (Kyoto University Collection).
Chromosome Number 2n=24
Reference Information
Others It builds a new seedling from the point of a root.

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