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| March 2007 at residental street |
March 2007 at residental street |
March 2007 at residental street |
| Family | Violaceae |
| Scientific name | Viola inconspicua Blume |
| Synonyms | Viola betonicifolia Smith subsp. novaguineensis D. M. Moore; Viola betonicifolia Smith var. oblongosagittata (Nakai) F. Maekawa & T. Hashimoto; Viola chinensis G. Don; Viola confusa Champion ex Bentham; Viola confusa Champion ex Bentham subsp. nagasakiensis (W. Becker) F. Maekawa & T. Hashimoto; Viola hunanensis Handel-Mazzetti; Viola inconspicua Blume subsp. nagasakiensis (W. Becker) J. C. Wang & T. C. Huang; Viola mandshurica W. Becker subsp. nagasakiensis W. Becker; Viola minor (Makino) Makino; Viola minor (Makino) Makino forma pilosa F. Maekawa; Viola minor (Makino) Makino var. albescens Takenouchi; Viola oblongosagittata Nakai; Viola patrinii de Candolle ex Gingius var. minor Makino; Viola philippica Cavanilles subsp. malesica W. Becker; Viola primulifolia Loureiro, non L.; Viola pseudomonbeigii Chang; Viola serpens Wallich ex Gingins var. confusa (Bentham) J. D. Hooker & Thomson |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hime-sumire (ヒメスミレ, 姫菫 [meaning: dwarf viola]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Myanmar, India | |
| Habitat | Field, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=24, 48, 72 |
| Description | Leaves 2-5cm long, 1-1.5cm wide. Flowers purple petals 8-10mm long, spurs 3-4mm long, flowering in March to May. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Viola inconspicua Blume |
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| March 2007 at residental street |
March 2007 at residental street |
March 2007 at residental street |
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| April 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
