| Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
| Year Of Registration: | 2002 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2003 |
| Seedling Number: | I241A |
| Classification: | Miniature Dwarf Bearded (MDB) |
| Registered Height: | 7 inches (18 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Wine |
| Bloom Color Description: | Medium grape purple standards, slightly darker edge; red purple falls, white rays by beards, short paler purple dart at end of beards |
| Beard Color: | Burnt orange |
| Style Arm Color: | Medium grape violet, edged tan |
| Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2005 Award of Merit: 2007 Caparne-Welch Medal: 2010 |
| 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: | D190AA: (A172A: ((Eyebright x Mister Roberts) x unknown) x B291A: (Tweety Bird x (Well Suited x Imagette))) X Johnson Q58A: (Tweety Bird x Hot Jazz) |
| Child plants: | 18 child plants |
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