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Viola ×notabilis

Viola ×notabilis E.P. Bicknell (pro sp.)

Remarkable Hybrid Violet

Violaceae (Violet family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: VINO3

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

"Forming large tufts from stout rootstocks : leaves deep green, appearing glabrous but with some minute pubescence, mostly marginal and along the veins ; petioles rather stout, becoming 15-35 cm. long; blades ovate to broadly ovate, openly cordate to nearly truncate at base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, bearing below the middle several oblong, obtuse or acutish lobes often extending less than halfway to the midrib but sometimes more deeply cut; the basal lobes often dilated and dentate or lobed along the upper margin : peduncles glabrous, usually much surpassing the leaves, becoming 20-43 cm high : flowers deep purple-blue, very large, sometimes spreading 3-4 cm. with the petals 10-15 mm. broad, all the petals bearded with glandular hairs or the upper pair glabrous ; sepals lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, mostly apiculate-obtuse, distinctly ciliate ; cleistogamous flowers narrowly lanceolate-acuminate, on erect peduncles sometimes 30 cm. long, their sepals long-auriculate : capsules oblong, 10-12 mm. long, rather obtuse, little surpassing the sepals." (Reslit: 2879).

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