Section		Serpentens (W.Becker) Ching J.Wang
Scientific Name	Type species	Viola stoloniflora Yokota et Higa : {Orizuru Sumire} Published in: Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 101:2. (1988)
	Variety	Viola sp. : {Teriha Orizuru Sumire}
	Form
	Synonym
	Origin	stoloniflora : flower with long runner
Common names
Stalk Form		A flower scape is extended from a stalk, and a flower blooms from each scape.
Habitat		According to the document, 'It grows naturally in the bank along the mountain stream, and it mixes with the moss'.
Distribution	Japan domestic	Okinawa endemic species.
	Japan overseas
	Others
Flower	Shape	Small size. All petals are long and slender.
	Color	White. An article of the purple-red is in a side dialect and the labial palp. The flower stalk is tinged with red.
	Spur	White. Short and round.
	Season	February to April.
	Stigma	Flat head.
	Aromatic	No fragrance.
	Others	The calyx appendage has a unique shape. Flower stem has slight hair.
Leaf	Shape	Small size. Egg shape.
	Color	Both sides are dark green. The leaf stalk is tinged with red.
	Others
Seed	Shape	Very small(1mm).
	Color	Light to dark brown.
	Others	The larger and darker the seeds, the better the germination rate (Hiroshima Botanical Park).
Characteristics of roots		White beard root.
Endangered Information		Wild extinct species.
Type Specimen		Henoki river basin in Okinawa by K. Higa 1982.
Chromosome Number		2n=22
Reference Information
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