origination:
A. I. Skeivene, BG of Institut of Botany, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1958, more info here.
The is a discrepancy between the dates of Skeivene (1947) and Kapinos & Dubrov (1958)
name in russian:
description of Kapinos & Dubrow (1993):
Skeivene-article in APS-Bulletin:
'Virgilijus' (1947). P. l. 'Tierre Recanoux' x 'Auguste Dessert'. Flowers reddish, single, 18 cm. diameter. Blooms beginning of June. Plant well formed, luxuriant, 100 cm. high. Variety released for State testing in 1969.
M.S. Uspenskaja 2003, p. 123:
