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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 kitamiana
Viola L. (スミレ)Shiretokosumire (シレトコスミレ, 知床菫), Shiretoko violet*Lifeform: deciduous forb Distribution: endemic to Japan (eastern Hokkaido - Etorofu Island) |
→ Japan: only on Mounts Iwo (硫黄山) and Rausu (羅臼岳) Habitat: bareground on and upper Pinus pumila zone (in alpine zone)Chromosome number: 2n = 12 |
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[1/2] near the summit of Mount Onnebetsu, northeastern Hokkaido, on August 4 1983