| Section | Melanium Ging. | |
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| Scientific Name | Type species (case) |
Viola x wittrockiana Gams.
Viola x williamsii Wittrock
Viola x wittrockiana Hort. ex Gams.
Viola tricolor var. hortensis(non-recommended name)
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| Variety | ||
| Form | ||
| Synonym | ||
| Origin | wittrockiana : It originates in a name of a person. cf: Veit Brecher Wittrock(1839-1914、The botanist of Sweden) |
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| Common names | heartsease, Ladies Delight, Stepmother's Flower, cuckoo's heel, Wittrock's Violet | |
| Stalk Form | A flower scape is extended from a stalk, and a flower blooms from each scape. | |
| Habitat | A slightly dark and moist slope in the mountains, under the forest. | |
| Distribution | Japan domestic | |
| Japan overseas | Europe wide area. | |
| Others | ||
| Flower | Shape | Middle or Large size. |
| Color | being variegated (purple, red, blue, white, yellow, orange, red, etc.). | |
| Spur | It is very small. | |
| Season | From early fall to early summer (they have cold resistance, but bloom originally in spring). | |
| Stigma | ||
| Aromatic | Aromaticness (a particularly yellow flower). | |
| Others | ||
| Leaf | Shape | Oval. |
| Color | Generally the surface is green. | |
| Others | ||
| Seed | Shape | |
| Color | ||
| Others | ||
| Characteristics of roots | ||
| Endangered Information | ||
| Type Specimen | ||
| Chromosome Number | 2n=49 - 55 | |
| Reference Information | ||
| Others | Germination temperature 15-20 degrees C. | |
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