Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola kurilensis Nakai sect. Viola |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 33 (1922) |
Native Range | e. Siberia to Russian Far East, n. & c. Japan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | glabrous, leaves cordate or orbiculate, 3-7cm, sinuate-dentate, petiolate, stipules lanceolate, entire, flowers solitary, sepals acute, petals 15-20mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Viola kamtschadalorum var. parviflora (Regel) Tatew. Viola kamtschadalorum var. pubescens Miyabe & Tatew. Viola kurilensis var. pubescens (Miyabe & Tatew.) Tatew. & Ohwi Viola langsdorffii var. caulescens Ledeb. Viola langsdorfii f. parviflora (Regel) F. Maek. Viola langsdorfii var. parviflora (Regel) Nakai Viola langsdorfii f. pubescens (Miyabe & Tatew.) F.Maek. Viola langsdorffii ssp. sachalinensis W.Becker Viola langsdorffii var. subacaulis Ledeb. Viola langsdorffii var. ursina (Kom.) W.Becker & Hultén Viola sapporensis Franch. ex Nakai Viola ursina Kom. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KUR Kuril Is., SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |