Section | Boreali-Americanae Gordon | |
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Scientific Name | Type species | Viola sororia Willd. 'Priceana' Published in: Hort. berol. 1: t. 72 (1806) |
Variety |
Viola sororia var. affinis (Leconte) L.E. McKinney
Viola sororia var. missouriensis (Greene) L.E. McKinney
Viola sororia var. novae-angliae (House) L.E. McKinney
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Form | ||
Synonym |
≡Viola cucullata var. sororia (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray
≡Viola palmata var. sororia (Willd.) Pollard
Viola chalcosperma Brainerd
Viola floridana Brainerd
Viola latiuscula Greene
Viola papilionacea Pursh
Viola priceana Pollard
And many others.
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Origin | sororia : sisterly, of a sister, clumped (*uncertain) | |
Common names | 【Taiwanese】蝶花菫菜, 【English】Common blue violet、Confederate Viole | |
Stalk Form | The individual leaves and flowering stalks emerge directly from the rootstock. | |
Habitat | It grows wild for grassland or a forest with the moisture brightly. | |
Distribution | Japan domestic | |
Japan overseas | Central part from the eastern part of North America. | |
Others | ||
Flower | Shape | Large size. There have been many changes, and it has been arranged into 10 types in recent years. |
Color | A purple article spreads through every direction on cloth of white background from the center. | |
Spur | Short and shameless. | |
Season | Long. | |
Stigma | Inverted triangle shape. | |
Aromatic | ||
Others | ||
Leaf | Shape | Heart-shaped leaf grows big very much in the summer. |
Color | Both surfaces are deep green. | |
Others | ||
Seed | Shape | Medium grain. Teardrop shape (bulging oval). |
Color | Glossy black-brown. | |
Others | ||
Characteristics of roots | White mustache root. | |
Endangered Information | ||
Type Specimen | ||
Chromosome Number | 2n=54 | |
Reference Information | ||
Others | Although it is treated as a horticultural variety in Japan, there are some views that it is a variety or forma because it grows in nature due to this trait. It came to Japan in the Meiji era. |