From Cornell 112: (Native of Amasia, Northern Asia Minor. Collected by Foster, 1885). Color effect blue-violet bicolor. S. light violet, reticulated olive-brown on claw. F. hyacinth violet, with slight velvety sheen. The outer haft is lavender or ecru-drab, finely veined, waxy color along dense, projecting beard of bluish cast with yellow tipped hairs. A robust grower with compact, persistent green foliage. The floppy character of its standards is offset by their large size, conspicuous color, and early flowering. It is one of the so-called germanica varieties. (48 chromosome tetraploid) Rating 78.
