| Section | Chamaemelanium Gingins | |
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| Scientific Name | Type species | Viola pubescens Aiton Hort. Kew. ed. I. 3: 290. (1789) |
| Variety |
Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula Schwein. ex Torr. & A. Gray Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1: 142. (1838)
Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa Nutt.
Viola pubescens var. peckii House
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| Form | ||
| Synonym |
Viola pensylvanica Michx.
Viola eriocarpon (Nutt.) Schwein.
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| Origin | Viola pubescens : Downy | |
| Common names | 【English】Downy Yellow Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet | |
| Stalk Form | A flower scape is extended from a stalk, and a flower blooms from each scape. | |
| Habitat | It grows wild on the opened forest with a slight strong drying of the sunlight. Other document explains that it grows in boggy woodlands. | |
| Distribution | Japan domestic | |
| Japan overseas | Distributed from the eastern part of North America. | |
| Others | ||
| Flower | Shape | Middle Size. |
| Color | Petal is yellow with some brownish-black striping. The spur is small. | |
| Spur | ||
| Season | It begins to bloom from early spring, and flowering season is long. | |
| Stigma | ||
| Aromatic | ||
| Others | ||
| Leaf | Shape | Wide heart form. The tip is sharp lightly. |
| Color | Both sides are bright green. | |
| Others | Several leaves are in the upper part of the stem. | |
| Seed | Shape | |
| Color | ||
| Others | Fruit is a white-wooly capsule filled with fairly large seeds that are dispersed by ants. | |
| Characteristics of roots | ||
| Endangered Information | ||
| Type Specimen | United States of America. | |
| Chromosome Number | 2n=12 | |
| Reference Information | ||
| Others | Downy Yellow Violet. | |

