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Viola ×consocia
Viola ×consocia House
Consocia Hybrid Violet
Violaceae (Violet family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: VICO5
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
"This differs from V. affinis in having larger leaves, in having a dark-blue ring around the center of the open corolla, in having long slender apetalous flowers, and in having long-auricled sepals; in these four respects it approaches V. cucullata. It differs from V. cucullata in having subacuminate leaves, in having purplish petals, in having a somewhat bearded spurred petal, and in having cleistogamous capsules dotted with brown; and in these four respects it approaches V. affinis. It has all the characters common to the two parents — except fertility. (Reslit: 2847). "It has relatively glabrous herbage and differs from V. cucullata with more cylindrical or weakly clavate hairs of the lateral petals, the sparsely pubescent spurred petal, and capsules spotted with purple. It differs from V. affinis in the more ascending cleistogamous peduncles, the corolla with a dark purple ring around the basal white area (similar to V. cucullata), and the elongate sepal auricles on cleistogamous fruits." (Webref: 34).
Hybrid progeny of Viola affinis and V. cucullata. (Webref: 6). "a rare violet hybrid known from CT, VT." (Webref: 34).
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 8 inches tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Blue , PurpleBloom Time: Apr , May , Jun
Distribution
USA: CT , NJ , VTNative Distribution: Reported in Vermont, Connecticut and New Jersey.
Web Reference
Webref 6 - Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database] (2018) USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.Webref 34 - Go Botany (2019) Native Plant Trust
Webref 27 - USDA Plants Database (2018) USDA, NRCS.
Additional resources
USDA: Find Viola ×consocia in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Viola ×consocia in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Viola ×consocia
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-12-07Research By: Joseph A. Marcus