| Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
| Year Of Registration: | 2008 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2008 |
| Seedling Number: | M233A |
| Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
| Registered Height: | 12 inches (30 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Purple Violet Wine |
| Bloom Color Description: | Dark purple standards, darker in center, fine dark blue veins; claret purple falls, darker diffuse plum spot around beard, blue violet flash at end of beards |
| Beard Color: | White, tipped tangerine |
| Style Arm Color: | Dark purple |
| Fragrance: | Pronounced Spicy |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Ploidy: | Amphidiploid |
| Parentage: | Bright Flash X Neutron |
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