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Viola ×consobrina

Viola ×consobrina House

Cousin Hybrid Violet

Violaceae (Violet family)

Synonym(s): Viola ×dowelliana

USDA Symbol: VICO4

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

"Rootstock fleshy, erect. Plant rather low, glabrous except the upper surface and margin of leaf, which has the characteristic pubescence of V. hirsutula. Blades of leaves broadly ovate to deltoid-ovate, acutish, but with a blunt tip, deeply cordate to nearly truncate at the base, 4-9 cm. long, 3.5-5 cm. wide, on slender petioles about twice their length, margin crenate-serrate with low teeth. Ripe but rather infertile capsule glabrous, about 7 mm. long." (Reslit: 2852).

Hybrid progeny of Viola affinis and V. hirsutula. (Webref: 6).

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Leaf Shape: Deltoid , Ovate
Leaf Margin: Crenate , Serrate
Leaf Base: Cordate , Truncate
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 6 inches tall.
Leaf: "Blades of leaves broadly ovate to del- toid-ovate, acutish, but with a blunt tip, deeply cordate to nearly truncate at the base, 4-9 cm. long, 3.5-5 cm. wide, on slender petioles about twice their length, margin crenate-serrate with low teeth." (Reslit: 2852).
Fruit: "Ripe but rather infertile capsule glabrous, about 7 mm. long." (Reslit: 2852).

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Purple , Violet
Bloom Time: Apr , May , Jun

Distribution

USA: NJ , NY , OH , PA , TN

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 6 - Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database] (2018) USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Webref 27 - USDA Plants Database (2018) USDA, NRCS.

Research Literature

Reslit 2852 - The Violets of Staten Island (1910) Philip Dowell

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

USDA: Find Viola �consobrina in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Viola �consobrina in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Viola �consobrina

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-01-04
Research By: Joseph A. Marcus

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