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)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (south of Akita Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu
(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
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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