| Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
| Year Of Registration: | 2002 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2004 |
| Seedling Number: | 97-20B |
| Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
| Registered Height: | 12 inches (31 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Black |
| Flower Patterns: | Bitone |
| Bloom Color Description: | Very dark purple standards, blacker at tip; darkest purple to black falls |
| Beard Color: | Blue violet, greyed yellow in throat |
| Style Arm Color: | Greyed violet, purple midrib and crests |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2006 Award of Merit: 2008 |
| 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 |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Ploidy: | Amphidiploid |
| Parentage: | 94-11R: (Chubby Cheeks x Dark Vader) X Ringer |
| Child plants: | 20 child plants |
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