M. baileyi subsp. baileyi 'Hensol Violet'
A deep violet-purple or purple-magenta form of M. baileyi subsp. baileyi which comes true from seed.
MG Rating: ★★★★   Awards: PC (2006)
Raised by: Lady Catherine Henderson. Introduced by: Bill Chudziak and Les Newby, ca. 1995.
Named by: Bill Chudziak, ca. 1995. Registered by: The Meconopsis Group, 2002.
Flowering: late May to July. Violet-purple flowers, the uppermost arising on short pedicels from a false whorl of short stem leaves, lateral-facing to half nodding. Petals rounded to ovate, overlapping at base. Numerous stamens with yellow-orange anthers.
Emerging foliage: Broadly elliptical leaves with a shallowly cordate base.
Mature foliage: The basal leaves, covered with rough hairs, are oblong-ovate to broad paddle shaped with long petioles and neat crenate blunt teeth on their margins. Leaf bases are cuneate or shallowly cordate and the apex is sub-obtuse to sub-acute.
Fruit capsule: Ovoid-ellipsoid with a short broad style and stigma. The capsule body is densely covered with straw-coloured bristles. Fully fertile.
Etymology: Named after its place of origin, Hensol Castle, Dumfriesshire, where it had been raised by Lady Henderson from SRGC seed.