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Viola ×mulfordiae

Viola ×mulfordiae Pollard (pro sp.)

Mulford's Hybrid Violet

Violaceae (Violet family)

Synonym(s): Viola ×holmiana, Viola ×marylandica

USDA Symbol: VIMU4

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

"Acaulescent, tufted, from a short, thick and nearly vertical caudex: scapes and foliage finely puberulent; leaf-blades oblong or ovate-oblong outline, in the earliest 1.5-2 cm., the latter 3-4 cm. long; the margins coarsely crenate, frequently incised at base with one or more lobes, the apex very obtuse; petioles about twice the length of the blades; scapes 12-15 cm. high, surpassing the leaves; flowers deep violet-purple, nearly 2 cm. broad; sepals linear-lanceolate, finely ciliate; petals obovate, very obtuse, copiously bearded at the base with glistening white hairs; scapes of the cleistogenes evidently erect." (Reslit: 2878).

Hybrid progeny of Viola brittoniana and V. sagittata. (Webref: 27).