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Viola ×porteriana

Viola ×porteriana Pollard (pro sp.)

Porter's Hybrid Violet

Violaceae (Violet family)

Synonym(s): Viola ×festata

USDA Symbol: VIPO2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

"Mature plant 2-3 dm. high, robust, acaulescent, from a stout branching rootstock; leaves long petioled, evidently exceeding the peduncles; blade glabrous or besprinkled with scattered hairs, in the early leaves cordate-oblong, obtuse, regularly but not prominently crenate; in the latter leaves deltoid-triangular, the base inclined to be cordate, obviously decurrent upon the petiole; apex obtuse or more often acute; margin ciliate, remotely and very irregularly crenate or dentate, the base sometimes with a few marked incisions; petiole pubescent belowv, I3-18 cm. long, the blade in the mature leaves I3 cm. long and 7 cm. wide at the base; flowers deep purple, as seen in a single withered specimen cleistogamous flowers on ascending or erect peduncles; capsule obscurely 3-angled; seeds pale, not mottled nor pitted." (Reslit: 2881).

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