Viola selkirkii




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