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"Ebicha-sumire" (Viola mandsurica cv. Ebicha) belongs to Violaceae (the Viola family). It is a perennial herb that is a horticultural variety of the Manchurian violet, which is distributed in various parts of Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and China. There is a description that it was discovered in Okubo, Tokyo in the Taisho era (about 100 years ago), but the details are unknown. The difference from the elementary species is that the purple color of the flower has a strong reddish tinge. Some flowers are almost shrimp-brown, while others seem to be reddish-purple. Other than that, there is no major difference between this species and the elementary species.
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