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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).
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: "... 2-3 dm. high ..." (Reslit: 2881).
Leaf: "... 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 ..." (Reslit: 2881).
Flower: "... flowers deep purple, as seen in a single withered specimen cleistogamous flowers on ascending or erect peduncles ..." (Reslit: 2881).
Fruit: "... capsule obscurely 3-angled; seeds pale, not mottled nor pitted." (Reslit: 2881).
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: PurpleBloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug
Bloom Notes: "...flowers deep purple..." (Reslit. 2881).
Distribution
USA: CT , IN , MA , NC , NH , NJ , NY , PA , VA , VTCanada: ON
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | FACW | FACW | FACW | FACW |
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 27 - USDA Plants Database (2018) USDA, NRCS.
Research Literature
Reslit 2881 - Two new Violets (1897) Charles Louis PollardThis information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources
USDA: Find Viola ×porteriana in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Viola ×porteriana in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Viola ×porteriana
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-12-07Research By: Joseph A. Marcus