Family | Violaceae |
Subfamily | Violoideae |
Tribe | Violeae |
Scientific name | Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie |
Synonyms | Viola borealis Weinmann; Viola carnosula W. Becker; Viola crassicornis W. Becker & Hultén; Viola imberbis Ledebour; Viola kamtschatica Gingins; Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie forma variegata (Nakai) F. Maekawa; Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie var. albiflora Nakai; Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie var. angustistipulata W. Becker; Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie var. brevicalcarata W. Becker; Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie var. subbarbata W. Becker; Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie var. variegata Nakai; Viola umbrosa Fries |
Common name | (Japanese common name) miyama-sumire (ミヤマスミレ, 深山菫 [meaning: high mountains viola]) |
(English common name) great-spur violet | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaiodo, Honshu, Shikoku |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Canada, USA | |
Habitat | Mountane or subalpine forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=12, 24 |
Description | Plants ca. 3-10cm tall. Leaves ca. 2-4cm long (often variegated). Flowers purple ca. 1.5-2cm across, spurs ca. 6-8mm long, flowering in April to June. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie |
Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie | |
Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie | |
Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie | |
A composition for the treatment of oral lesions (WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/042932) | |
A pharmaceutical composition containing an extract of a medicinal herb belonging to the order of violales (WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/026185) |
May 2010 at my home |
May 2010 at my home |