Viola diffusa x V. verecunda : {Japanese Name : Satuma Sumire}
Tokyo / March 31, 2014 Cultivation
Tokyo / April 9, 2011 Cultivation
Mating parents
Viola diffusa Ging. ex DC. ( 2n=26 )Viola verecunda A. Gray ( 2n=24 )
Scientific Name
Viola x sp.
Viola diffusa Ging. ex DC. x V. verecunda A. Gray in Bull. Bot. Soc. Nagano no. 6: 27, f. 1, center & 2, center, t. 2 (1973)
Common names
Stalk Form
Hybrids between stemless species.
Habitat
The humid roadsides that both mother class performs blend life of.
Distribution
Japan domestic
Japan overseas
Others
Flower
Shape
Small size. Because the labellum is short, it looks horizontally long.
Color
The surface is light reddish purple, and the back side is whitish.
Spur
Round and white.
Season
Stigma
Aromatic
Others
The flathead has white hair. The hair at the base of the flathead is long.
Leaf
Shape
Egg-shaped. The base is shallow. Hair derived on the surface thickly.
Color
Generally both sides are dark green.
Others
Hair grows densely on the surface. The petioles have wings.
Characteristics of roots
Older ones become thicker and woody.
Endangered Information
Type Specimen
Chromosome Number
Reference Information
Others
The origin of the naming depends on the area name 'satuma' in Kagoshima.
Sterile. It is said that the cultivation is easy.
On May 5, 1972, Mr. T. Kamiyama found it in Satsuma-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture.