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Standing Violet💜

Viola grypoceras

タチツボスミレ

スミレ科HerbPerennialSpringBlue-violet flowersForest edges

The most commonly seen violet in Japan. A perennial herb that produces blue-violet flowers along roadsides and forest edges in early spring. Distinguished by its ascending stems and heart-shaped leaves.

Identification Points

✓Blue-violet 5-petaled flowers (lower lip petal has white streaks)
✓Stems are ascending (erect growth habit)
✓Leaves are elongated heart-shaped
✓Stipules have comb-like incisions

Habitat

Roadsides, forest edges, grasslands, parks

Season

March to May (flowers)

Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification

Leaf arrangement

Alternate

Leaf type

Simple

Venation

Pinnate

Leaf margin

Serrate

Leaf shape

Cordate

Growth form

Herb

Petal count

5 petals

Petal fusion

Free

Flower color

Purple

Flowering season

Spring

Habitat

Forest

Stipules

Present

Ovary position

Superior

Plant sex

Hermaphrodite

Stamen count

Phylogenetic Positionスミレ科 →

Phylogenetic Position

Angiosperms > Eudicots > Malpighiales > Violaceae

Divergence Era

Paleogene

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Sources & References

📖Wikipedia 日本語版↗

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