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(First upload on March 4 2009. Last on June 5 2025) [ 日本語 | English ]

Viola mandshurica W. Becker






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Viola L. (スミレ)
Sumire (スミレ, 菫), variegated violet
Lifeform: deciduous forb
Distribution: Japan - China
Habitat: sunny to semi-shaded sites, e.g., roadsides and meadows
Petiole: developing wing
Seed dispersal: self + animal (ant)
var. ikedaeana (W. Becker ex Taken.) F. Maek. (ホコバスミレ)
var. triangularis (Franch. et Sav.) M. Mizushima (アツバスミレ): southern Japan

Leaf: thick adapted to coastal habitats
f. niijimensis (Nakai) F. Maek. et T. Hashim. (ニイジマスミレ)
f. pubigera Hiyama ex F.Maek. (ケアツバスミレ)

f. crassa (Tatewaki) F. Maek. (アナマスミレ): coastsides from Hokkaido to central Honshu
f. dispar Honda (ノコギリスミレ)
f. hasegawae Hiyama (シロガネスミレ)
f. plena Hort. ex F. Maek. (コモロスミレ)
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Viola mandshurica in Japan


Viola1 Viola2 Viola3
Viola4 Viola5
[1] in early April 1985 at Juo Town, Kanto District, central Japan. [2/3] at a raodside of Kaogshima University, southern Kyushu, on March 19 2015. [4/5] between Heavenly Rock Cave (天岩戸) and Heaven's Peaceful Plain (天野安原) in Takachiho, Kyushu, on December 19 2024.


var. triangularis (アツバスミレ)

Viola1 Viola2 Viola3
[1] close to a seacoast along a coastal trail in Oshima Park (Oshima coastal plant community) on June 8 2023.

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