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Viola ×mollicula
Viola ×mollicula House
Delicate Hybrid Violet
Violaceae (Violet family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: VIMO4
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
"Freely stoloniferous, pubescent on the peduncles and petioles, about 2 dm. tall. Leaf-blades pale beneath, ovate, acute or obtuse, subcordate to cordate, crenate with low incurved teeth, 4-6 cm. long and 3 5-5 cm. wide in mature leaves, sometimes as wide as long, on petioles about three times as long. White flowers on long slender peduncles equaling or longer than the petioles capsules green, 5-8 mm. long; seeds small and dark." (Reslit: 2852). "This shows a marked resemblance to V. primulifolia, and would probably have been so labeled without closer study. It differs from this in its shorter, more ovate and cordate leaf-blades, and in its small dark seeds characteristic of V. pallens. (Reslit: 2852).
Hybrid progeny of Viola macloskeyi and V. ×primulifolia. (Webref: 27).
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: "...about 2 dm tall." (Reslit: 2852).
Leaf: "Leaf-blades pale beneath, ovate, acute or obtuse, subcordate to cordate, crenate with low incurved teeth, 4-6 cm. long and 3 5-5 cm. wide in mature leaves, sometimes as wide as long, on petioles about three times as long." (Reslit: 2852).
Flower: "White flowers on long slender peduncles equaling or longer than the petioles..." (Reslit: 2852).
Fruit: "...capsules green, 5-8 mm. long; seeds small and dark." (Reslit: 2852).
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: WhiteBloom Time: Mar , Apr , May
Distribution
USA: NJ , NYWeb 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 ×mollicula in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Viola ×mollicula in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Viola ×mollicula
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-12-07Research By: Joseph A. Marcus