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Descriptions (from various sources):

JN:Otome Giboushi.
AGM.
Miniature mound of dark green leaves and lavender flowers.
A dwarf species, forming a very small mound of green foliage. Multiplies quickly. Purple flowers.
0-100% shade. Smaller clumps to four inches, deep green, creeping rhizome, flowers violet.
Dark satiny green; slightly undulate, oval to heart; some red on scapes.
Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade. Does best in a rich, moist soil in light, dappled shade. Features a dwarf mound of slightly wavy, heart-shaped, medium green leaves with racemes of funnel-shaped, violet flowers on 10" scapes. A dependable and versatile perennial requiring little care. Grown primarily for its beautiful foliage which provides color, contrast and texture to the landscape. Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds.

Progeny:

'Abiqua Jim Dandy' seedling
'Abiqua Miniature' sport or seedling
'Akarana' hybrid
'Alpine Dream' = PP x (x venusta)
'Amanuma' = PP x capitata
'Anne-Marie' seedling
'Appetizer' = (('Swoosh' x longissima) x 'Bright Lights') x PP
'Awesome' seedling
'Ballerina' hybrid
'Blue Eyes' hybrid
'Brooklynn's Baby Doll' = PP x clausa
'Brutus' = 'Sea Drift' x PP
'Cat's Eyes' hybrid
'Cody' = 'Shining Tot' x PP
'Concordia Petite' = PP x 'Golden Tiara'
'Craig's Temptation' hybrid
'Devon Red' selection
'Elsley Runner' seedling
'Emerson's Small One' = "lance-leaved seedling" x PP
'Emoticon' = 'Gold Regal' x PP
'Evening Gown' = montana 'Chirifu' x PP
'Flatliner' = "seedling #95-201" x PP
'Gemstone' = PP x 'Dorset Blue'
'Gold Drop' = PP x 'August Moon'
'Golden Gem' hybrid
'Gosan Gold Midget' = PP x 'Golden Prayers'
'Green Fingers' hybrid
'Green Quarter' = 'Beatrice' x PP
'Herbie' = PP x (x 'Saishu Jima')
'Honey Moon' = PP x 'August Moon'
'Hush Puppie' = (x (x 'Beatrice')) x PP
'Japan No. 1' sport or hybrid
'Kinbotan' seedling
'Lakeside Neat Petite' = PP x 'Blue Cadet'
'Leather Sheen' = 'Sum and Substance' x PP
'Little Big Man' = 'Gold Regal' x PP
'Little Fellow' selfed
'Little Razor' = 'Sum and Substance' x PP
'Little Sunfield' = 'Yellow Splash' x PP
'Lorna' = nakaiana x PP
'Minuta' seedling
'Misty Morning' hybrid
'New Wave' = 'Sum and Substance' x PP
'Nishikigawa' = ('Swoosh' x venusta) x PP
'Number One' hybrid
'Paradise Puppet' hybrid
'Pearl Buttons' seedling
'Pepin the Short' = 'Surprised by Joy' x PP
'Pinwheel' sport/wg
'Pipin the Short' = 'Captain Atom' x PP
'Queue' = PP x 'Teaspoon'
'Rock Island Line' = 'Flamboyant' x PP
'Rock Master' hybrid
'Rumpelstielzchen' sport or hybrid
'Shark's Tooth' = PP x 'Teaspoon'
'Shining Tot' = PP x 'Rock Master'
'Striker' sport/gw
'Surprised by Joy' = 'Flamboyant' x PP
'Tet-A-Poo' = PP x 'Blue Cadet'
'Thumb Nail' hybrid
'Tiny Tears' hybrid
'Tom Thumb' seedling
'Tot Tot' = 'Blue Cadet' x PP
'Valley's Sand Dance' = PP x longipes f. hypoglauca
'Venucosa' = PP x ventricosa
'Venus Star' hybrid
'enusta 'Crater's Heart' sport/wg
'enusta 'Crater's Rim' sport/gy
'enusta 'Shikow' hybrid
'enusta 'Suzuki Thumbnail' sport or hybrid
'Wedding Band' sport/gy
'Yellow Jacket' sport/gy
'Yellow Tears' hybrid