Viola

[Véronique Macrelle]

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

[ashley]

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

[Gerdk]

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

[ashley]

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