生活型

herb

形態特徵

• Perennial herb; rhizome erect to ascending, rather stout, bearing white or yellowish roots, acaulescent.
• Leaves 2–6 cm long, 1–3 cm broad, broadest at base, triangular-ovate, cordate at base with prominently rounded basal lobes, acute at apex, crenate on margin, sometimes dentate on basal lobes, short decurrent on petiole, glabrous or pubescent on both surfaces, herbaceous; petioles 2–13 cm long; stipules 3–5 mm long, ca. 1 mm broad, lanceolate, acuminate at apex, sparsely denticulate on margin, glabrous, adnate to petiole to 3/4 length.
• Flowers 8–12 mm across, purple to pale purple, with darker veins; peduncles 5–15 cm long, equalling or exceeding leaves, glabrous or pubescent; sepals 3–5 mm long, 1–1.6 mm broad, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, entire, glabrous; appendages 1–2.5 mm long, rounded, acute, or sometimes incised, glabrous; petals obovate, the lateral ones bearded, the basal emarginate or truncate at apex; spurs 2–2.5 mm long, exceeding calycine appendages, cylindrical, obtuse, straight; styles ca. 1.5 mm long, geniculate at base, clavate distally, with prominent marginal lobes at apex and anterior stigmatic beak.
• Capsules 6–9 mm long, ellipsoid, glabrous. Seeds ovoid, 1–1.2 mm long.
• Chromosome number n=24.

分布

• 世界 : The species in Himalayas, Burma, China, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Java and the Philippines; the subspecies in japan and Taiwan.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Yangmingshan, Wang 4201; Yehliu, Wang 4223; Ryukeinaisho, s. coll. s. n. 1902 (Type of V. taiwaniana, TAIF!). ILAN: Shuanlienpei, Wang 5067. TAOYUAN: Jenmei, Kuo 6580. HSINCHU: Kwanwu, Wang 4125. MIAOLI: Miaoli, Simada s. n. 1908. TAICHUNG: Kukuan, Huang 10327. NANTOU: Musya, Mori s. n. 1907. TAINAN: Tainan, Yasukawa s. n. 1922. KAOHSIUNG: Sanpin, Huang 10711. PINGTUNG: Botansya, Kudo & Mori 2439. TAITUNG: Taito, Kawakami s. n. 1905; Kasyoto, Nakahara s. n. 1905. HUALIEN: Batakan-Taroko, Sasaki s. n. 1917.

參考文獻

• WANG, JENN-CHE and HUANG, TSENG-CHIENG, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 822-825. 1993.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)