Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola shikokiana Makino sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 132 (1902) |
Native Range | sc. & s. Japan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | thin rhizomes, leaves ovate-orbiculate to broadly orbiculate, 2-4cm long, sinuate-dentate, flowers 10-12mm across |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola epipsila var. acuminata Nakai Viola hakonensis Nakai |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |