| Section | Boreali-Americanae Gordon | |
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| Scientific Name | Type species | Viola sororia Willd. 'Rubra' Published in: Hort. berol. 1: t. 72 (1806) |
| Variety |
Viola sororia var. affinis (Leconte) L.E. McKinney
Viola sororia var. missouriensis (Greene) L.E. McKinney
Viola sororia var. novae-angliae (House) L.E. McKinney
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| Synonym |
≡Viola cucullata var. sororia (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray
≡Viola palmata var. sororia (Willd.) Pollard
Viola chalcosperma Brainerd
Viola floridana Brainerd
Viola latiuscula Greene
Viola papilionacea Pursh
And many others.
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| Origin | sororia : sisterly, of a sister, clumped (*uncertain), rubra : red | |
| Common names | 【Taiwanese】蝶花菫菜、【English】Common blue violet、hooded blue violet、dooryard violet、blue praire violet | |
| Stalk Form | The individual leaves and flowering stalks emerge directly from the rootstock. | |
| Habitat | It grows wild for grassland or a forest with the moisture brightly. | |
| Distribution | Japan domestic | |
| Japan overseas | Central part from the eastern part of North America. | |
| Others | ||
| Flower | Shape | Middle size. |
| Color | Strong purple-red(rich wine-red). And you can see the line such as a net in central white part of flower. The back side of the petal is white. | |
| Spur | Short. | |
| Season | Relatively long. | |
| Stigma | Inverted triangle shape. | |
| Aromatic | ||
| Others | There are many long and white hair in a side dialect base. | |
| Leaf | Shape | Heart-shaped. |
| Color | Both surfaces are deep green. | |
| Others | ||
| Seed | Shape | |
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| Endangered Information | ||
| Type Specimen | ||
| Chromosome Number | 2n=54 | |
| Reference Information | ||
| Others | Woolly Violet. | |

