olivacea, (oliv)
- Habit: Growth of young plants is somewhat reduced. Adult plants
are smaller than normal. Young shoots have an olive green colour.
- Leaves: Leave stems are shortened. Leaves are yellowish grrey
green. They are more narrow than normal.
- Seedlings:
- Cotyledones: Cotyledones and first pair of leaves have an olive
green colour. They are rolled inwardly.
- Hypocotyl:
- Inflorescence:
- Flowers: Flowers are smaller than normal
- Upper lip:
- Lower lip:
- Bumps: Knee is rounded. The yellow spot is reduced. The red
spot has a violet shade.
- Seed:
- Roots:
- Remarks: Vitality is reduced. Germination capacity is normal.
Backcrosses with the original form resulted in 1286 : 1329, The
F2 was 5380 normal : 1733 mutants.
- Pictures:
- Stubbe's original notes (as stored in the
IPK, Gatersleben) (in German!):
- Literature:
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