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Viola ×consocia

Viola ×consocia House

Consocia Hybrid Violet

Violaceae (Violet family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: VICO5

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

"This differs from V. affinis in having larger leaves, in having a dark-blue ring around the center of the open corolla, in having long slender apetalous flowers, and in having long-auricled sepals; in these four respects it approaches V. cucullata. It differs from V. cucullata in having subacuminate leaves, in having purplish petals, in having a somewhat bearded spurred petal, and in having cleistogamous capsules dotted with brown; and in these four respects it approaches V. affinis. It has all the characters common to the two parents — except fertility. (Reslit: 2847). "It has relatively glabrous herbage and differs from V. cucullata with more cylindrical or weakly clavate hairs of the lateral petals, the sparsely pubescent spurred petal, and capsules spotted with purple. It differs from V. affinis in the more ascending cleistogamous peduncles, the corolla with a dark purple ring around the basal white area (similar to V. cucullata), and the elongate sepal auricles on cleistogamous fruits." (Webref: 34).

Hybrid progeny of Viola affinis and V. cucullata. (Webref: 6). "a rare violet hybrid known from CT, VT." (Webref: 34).