kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales »  family Violaceae »  tribus Violeae > genus Viola > Viola sect. Plagiostigma Godr.  > Viola subsect. Adnatae W. Becker 

Viola tashiroi Makino

| Bio Lib |  GRIN | Violet in Japan  |

Common name: 基本種, ヤエヤマスミレ -  変種  Viola tashiroi Makino - イシガキスミレ Viola tashiroi var. tairae Nakajima（三角状で基部が切形) - 品種. フイリヤエヤマスミレ Viola tashiroi f. alboreticulata Nakajima. - イリオモテスミレ Viola tashiroi f. takushii Nakajima

Description: Small size ( about 1-1.5 cm) perennial herb.

Distribution:  Native Asia-Temperate EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands (Iriomote-jima & Ishigakijima)]

Habitat: Mountains streams. Rocks which require sprays, such as the basin of a waterfall. It grows on rocks or moss.

Note:  Ethymology: tashiroi refferring to Tashiro, Antei 1857-1928 a writer author of "臺灣行道樹及市村植樹要鑑 -A Guide to Tree Planting in Taiwan and City Villages" and other works.

References:

1. Igari, M. 1996. Wild violets of Japan Note: book almost entirely in Japanese

2. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.

3. Yokota, M. et al. 1988. Viola stoloniflora (Violaceae), a new species from the Ryukyus. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 101:6.