Mutabilis Violacea

Porcher, Dec.1847, Revue Horticole, ser.3, vol.1, p.451. No descrip­tion. Berlèse, 1849, Annales de la Société Central d’Horticulture de France, vol.40, p.224: The flower is ranunculiform (formal double) 10-11 cm across, a bright, carmine, cherry-red or dark rose; the petals are in 6-7 rows, well imbricated, rounded at the apex, spread like a fan, cupped and veined blood red. See also Verschaffelt, 1860, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book I, pl. III. Originated by Boll, USA