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Viola garden hybrids (Garden pansy, Viola, Violetta)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Violaceae

A wide variety of Viola hybrids derived from the complex hybridization of Viola tricolor, Viola lutea, Viola cornuta, and other species.

Viola 'Sorbet Blue Heaven', New York Botanical Gardens. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]