Viola suavis

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Viola cyanea, Celak. Stemless, stoloniferous: lvs. broadly cordate-ovate, crenate, bright green, glabrate and shining after flowering; stipules lanceolate, long-acuminate, fimbriate: pedicels 2-4 lines long, about equaling or slightly shorter than the petioles after flowering; sepals oblong, obtuse, with short appendages which are rotundate and appressed to the pedicel; corolla medium-sized; petals sky-blue-white below the middle, lower petal emarginate, the others about as long, scarcely emarginate; spur conical, rather straight; ovary short-conoid, very smooth. Eu. Var. perfimbriata, Borb. (V. bosnana, Wiesb. V. russica, Hort.). Stolons short, rather thick: lvs. broadly cordate-ovate, vivid green, at flowering-time glabrous and shining; stipules lanceolate, long-acuminate, long-fringed, nearly glabrous: fls. less fragrant than in V. odorata; petals a cornflower-blue above the middle, white below. Lower Austria and southeastward. G. 36:362. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.