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Viola yezoensis Maxim.

Chinese violet (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Violaceae > Viola

Characteristics

A plant that keeps growing from year to year. It has slender underground stems or rhizomes. It grows 20 cm high and 20 cm wide. The leaves are oval or heart-shaped. There are teeth around the edge. The leaves are 6 cm long. The flowers are white with purple stripes. They are 3 cm long. The fruit are 3 lobed capsules.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.2
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Grassy fields in lowland, C. and S. Japan. Broad-leaved forests, montane thickets, grasslands on mountain slopes.
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It is a temperate plant. Plants are frost hardy.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Viola yezoensis unspecified picture

Distribution

Viola yezoensis world distribution map, present in China and Japan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:869563-1
WFO ID wfo-0001145046
COL ID 5BHTP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Viola pycnophylla Viola flaccida Viola biacuta Viola yezoensis Viola hebeiensis Viola yatabei Viola yezoensis var. yezoensis Viola yezoensis var. dissecta Viola yezoensis var. asoana
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