| Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
| Year Of Registration: | 2002 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2003 |
| Seedling Number: | I42B |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 43 inches (109 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid Late |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Purple |
| Flower Patterns: | Blend |
| Bloom Color Description: | Medium dark purple standards; purple falls blending to darker edge, haft plum purple, paler purple veins beside beards |
| Beard Color: | Dark blue at end to grey gold, old gold in throat, with 1" purple horn |
| Space Age Beard Appendages: | Horns |
| Style Arm Color: | Dark purple |
| Fragrance: | Slight Musky |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2006 |
| 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 9b |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
| Parentage: | To the Point X Hello Darkness |
| Child plants: | one child plant |
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