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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Véronique Macrelle on June 21, 2024, 08:02:59 AM

Title: Viola
Post by: Véronique Macrelle on June 21, 2024, 08:02:59 AM

reappeared in my garden and is in great shape with a dozen stems! is it Viola striata or Viola candensis?
 The plant has an upright stem of 30 to 40 cm. I added a little organic matter to my garden last year and it's raining so much this year that it may be taller than usual.
thank you

Title: Re: Viola
Post by: ashley on August 23, 2025, 03:14:30 PM

Received as Viola dubyana, but is this a form of V. altaica or a hybrid of the latter?

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Title: Re: Viola
Post by: Gerdk on August 31, 2025, 12:42:55 PM

The pansies (Melanium group) are a difficult matter. This is not dubyana because of the leaves which must be narrower and more devided. Viola altaica is similar but the flowers are mostly of more rounded shape - so a hybrid of the latter is possible
Sorry - I can't be of more help.
Gerd

Title: Re: Viola
Post by: ashley on August 31, 2025, 02:03:19 PM

Many thanks Gerd.
Old story then: not what it said on the packet  ;)