Viola sororia var. sororia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Viola sororia var. sororia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Viola pratincola, Greene. A prairie species of the Middle West, from Ind. to Minn. and Colo.; like V. papilionacea, but less robust, and often united with that species: petals violet-purple but of a lighter shade than in No. 17, the petals broadly obovate. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Read about Viola sororia var. sororia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Viola papilionacea, Pursh (V. cucullata of older Manuals). Figs. 3935-6, 3942. Commonest and most variable violet in the N. E. U. S. A robust plant, with a strong branching horizontal rootstalk, 3-6 in. high: lvs. deltoid-ovate to cordate-ovate, not lobed, bluntish, serrate, the long petiole somewhat pubescent: fls. normally deep violet but white or greenish yellow in the center; outer sepals ovate-lanceolate; petals narrow; spurred petal often narrow and boat-shaped; cleistogamous fls. usually underground but caps. erect. V. Priceana, Pollard, is probably a form of this, with white blue-centered fls. Ky. See remarks on p. 3473. —Besides albinos there are striped and pied forms now in the trade known as vars. striata, picta, and variegata, Hort. All forms are easily colonized in the garden. G.M.57:313. G.3:323 (both as V. cucullata). Gt.l:194. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.