(First upload on June 20 2015. Last on August 13 2017) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Violaceae (スミレ科) > Viola blandiformis
Viola L. (スミレ)Usubasumire (ウスバスミレ, 薄葉菫), thinleaf violet* (* tentative translation)Lifeform: perennial forb Distribution: endemic to Japan (Hokkaido and north to central Honshu) Habitat: mesic sites, such as in mixed forests at subalpine zones |
Flower: white → spur = short, white Lateral petal: no hair var. pilosa H. Hara (チシマウスバスミレ) → V. hultenii W. Becker, standard |
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[1-6] on an artificial grassland near Sarobetsu Wetland Visitor Center, northern Hokkaido. [1/2] on May 28 2017. [3-6] on May 24 2015.