Section | Patellares (Boissier) Nakai | |
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Scientific Name | Type species | Viola betonicifolia Smith Published in: volume 37 of Rees's Cyclopadia (1817) |
Variety |
Viola betonicifolia var. albescens (Nakai) F.Maek. et T.Hashim. : {Ariake Sumire} Published in: Index Violets Jap.: 11 (1967)] Viola betonicifolia var. oblongo-sagittata (Nakai) F.Maek. et T.Hashim. : {Ryukyu Siro Sumire} Published in: Index Violets Jap.: 11 (1967)] |
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Form | ||
Synonym |
Viola longiscapa (DC.) G.Don
Viola phyteumifolia G.Don.
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Origin | ||
Common names | 【English】 Australian native violet, Betony-leaved violet, 【Chinese】戟叶堇菜 | |
Stalk Form | The individual leaves and flowering stalks emerge directly from the rootstock. | |
Habitat | Sunny, wet places in lowlands. | |
Distribution | Japan domestic | Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan. |
Japan overseas | China, Southeast Asia, Australia. | |
Others | ||
Flower | Shape | Middle size (1/2 to 3/4 inch across). Five petals are almost the same size. The side valve is hairy. |
Color | White with blue-purple or red-purple stripe. | |
Spur | Thick and short. | |
Season | Normal or slightly late. | |
Stigma | Inverted triangle. | |
Aromatic | Unscented. | |
Others | Japanese word "Ariake" means the various color in morning sky (Twilight). | |
Leaf | Shape | Blade oblong-lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, petiole 20-60mm long. |
Color | Both surfaces are bladeglabrous or nearly glabrous. | |
Others | In summer larger than in spring. | |
Seed | Shape | Length:1.5±0.1mm, Width:1.0±0.0mm,Thickness:1.0±0.1mm, Weight:73mg/100pcs |
Color | Seed is light yellowish-brown. Seed pillow is light white brown with little gloss. | |
Others | The fruit has a long shape. | |
Characteristics of roots | White. However, old stocks have a brown color. Thick and rare root roots grow deep. | |
Endangered Information | Aomori:EndangeredⅡ | |
Type Specimen | West Nepal (Chaudhabise Khola) 1952 | |
Chromosome Number | 2n=72 | |
Reference Information | ||
Others | Their leaves are similar to Betonica, a genus of plants included in Stachys. |