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Viola ×redacta
Viola ×redacta House
Reduced Hybrid Violet
Violaceae (Violet family)
Synonym(s): Viola ×dimissa
USDA Symbol: VIRE6
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Plant pubescent, low, with erect or ascending rootstock. Leaf-blades thick and firm, dark green above, ovate, acute, cordate, crenate-serrate, ciliate and appressed-pubescent, with the characteristic hairs of V. hirsutula on the upper surface; petioles one to two times as long as the blades. The imperfectly developed cleistogenes sagittate, small, on short decumbent or ascending puberulent peduncles; calyx-lobes purplish, lanceolate, with rather long ciliolate auricle (Reslit: 2852).
Hybrid progeny of Viola hirsutula and V. sagittata. (Webref: 27).
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 1 foot tall.
Leaf: "Leaf-blades thick and firm, dark green above, ovate, acute, cordate, crenate-serrate, ciliate and appressed-pubescent, with the characteristic hairs of V. hirsutula on the upper surface" (Reslit: 2852).
Flower: "... petioles one to two times as long as the blades." (Reslit: 2852).
Fruit: "... The imperfectly developed cleistogenes sagittate, small, on short decumbent or ascending puberulent peduncles ..." (Reslit: 2852).
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: White , VioletBloom Time: Mar , Apr , May
Distribution
USA: NJ , NY , PAWeb Reference
Webref 6 - Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database] (2018) USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.Webref 27 - USDA Plants Database (2018) USDA, NRCS.
Additional resources
USDA: Find Viola Średacta in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Viola Średacta in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Viola Średacta
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-12-07Research By: Joseph A. Marcus