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Viola ×robinsoniana

Viola ×robinsoniana House

Robinson's Hybrid Violet

Violaceae (Violet family)

Synonym(s): Viola ×caesariensis

USDA Symbol: VIRO4

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

"Aestival leaves ovate-oblong in general outline, acute or pointed, with one to three incised lobes on either side below the middle, clothed with minute soft pubescence; cleistogamous flowers intermediate between those of parent species; capsules somewhat dotted with brown, infertile." (Reslit: 2847). "Differing from V. sagittata in having wider pubescent leaf-blades more or less lobed near the middle, in having cleistogamous flowers with appressed ciliate auricles, and in having a brown-spotted summer capsule on much shorter peduncles; differing from V. triloba in having ovate-oblong leaves with coarsely toothed or incised basal lobes, and in having long slender cleistogamous flowers on ascending peduncles; in each case the difference being in the direction of qualities possessed by the other parent." (Bibref: 1797).

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