Viola chaerophylloides (Regal) W.Becker var. sieboldiana (Maximovicz) Makino

Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana

Family	Violaceae
Subfamily	Violoideae
Tribe	Violeae
Scientific name	Viola chaerophylloides (Regal) W.Becker var. sieboldiana (Maximovicz) Makino
Synonyms	Viola pinnata L. var. sieboldiana Maximowicz; Viola albida Palibin forma sieboldiana (Maximowicz) F. Maekawa; Viola chaerophylloides (Regel) W. Becker forma sieboldiana (Maximowicz) F. Maekawa; Viola dissecta forma sieboldiana (Maximowicz) Makino; Viola dissecta var. sieboldiana (Maximowicz) Nakai; Viola napellifolia Nakai var. sieboldiana (Maximowicz) Naka; Viola sieboldiana (Maximowicz) Makino
Common name	(Japanese common name) higo-sumire (ヒゴスミレ, 肥後菫 [meaning: Higo viola (Higo = an old name of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu)])
Common name	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu (south of Akita Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu
Distribution	(Other nations) China
Habitat	Field, dry deciduous forest
Chromosomal number	n=12, 2n=24
Description	Plants 5-15cm tall. Leaves 3-6cm long in flowering time, 10cm long after flowering. Flowers white 1-1.5cm, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants.
Reference	Viola chaerophylloides (Regel) W. Becker var. sieboldiana (Maxim.) Makino
Reference	Viola chaerophylloides var. sieboldiana (Maxim.) Makino
Note	Viola chaerophylloides (Regal) W.Becker var. chaerophylloides occurs only in Tsushima Island (Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu) in Japan. Leaf of Viola chaerophylloides var. chaerophylloides is similar to leaf of Viola eizanensis (Makino) Makino.Viola chaerophylloides var. chaerophylloides occurs olso in Russia, Korea and China.


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