Near the Fuji area (April 18th)

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire).

The hybrid of Viola eizanensis (Eizan Sumire) and

 Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana (Hina Sumire).

  Here are some pictures taken near the Fuji area.
We found quite a few kinds of violets.

今年も咲いてるか確認してきました。
その他の交雑種は見つけられませんでしたが、シコクスミレが咲いてるのを見つけました。

 

Viola orientalis (Ki Sumire).

 

Viola orientalis (Ki Sumire).

There must have been snow a couple days before.

 

Mt. Fuji.

 

Viola orientalis (Ki Sumire).

 

Viola orientalis (Ki Sumire).

 

Viola orientalis (Ki Sumire).

 

Viola eizanensis (Eizan Sumire).

 

Viola eizanensis (Eizan Sumire).

 

Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana (Hina Sumire).

 

Prunus incisa (Mame Zakura, Fuji Zakura).

 

Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana f. variegata (Fuiri Hina Sumire).

 

Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana f. variegata (Fuiri Hina Sumire).

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire).

The hybrid of Viola eizanensis (Eizan Sumire) and

 Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana (Hina Sumire).

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola bissetii (Nagaba-no-sumiresaishin).

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Viola x savatieri (Okutama Sumire). 

 

Paeonia japonica (Yama Shakuyaku).

We found quite a few of them there for the first time.

We should come back to this area again in May.

 

Viola shikokiana (Shikoku Sumire).

I had never seen this kind around there before.

 

Viola shikokiana (Shikoku Sumire).

 

Viola shikokiana (Shikoku Sumire).

 

Viola tokaiensis (Toukai Sumire).

I love this kind of violet.

 

Viola tokaiensis (Toukai Sumire).

 

Viola tokaiensis (Toukai Sumire) with 1-yen coin.

This kind of violet is so tiny!

 

Viola tokaiensis (Toukai Sumire).

 

Viola tokaiensis (Toukai Sumire).

 

Viola tokaiensis (Toukai Sumire).

 

Viola tokaiensis (Toukai Sumire).

The spur is bright purple.

I like this color!

 

Viola tokaiensis (Toukai Sumire).

Here is the close-up of the leaf.

 

Meles meles anakuma (Nihon Anaguma, Japanese Badger).

I saw this animal for the first time.

It kept looking at us and stayed there for a while,

and then moved in the nest.