Data specific to Violas (Edit)
Flowers: Stemless
Growth habit: Compact/mounding

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Flowers: Showy
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: This plant can be weedy or invasive
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division

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Common names
  • Field Pansy
  • Field Violet
  • Wild Pansy
  • European Field Pansy
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viola arvensis
  • Synonym: Viola tricolor var. arvensis

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Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park dam
Date: March 18,  2023
Field violet #104; (RAB p. 723, 130-2-28); LHB p. 683, 133-1-?; A
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park dam
Date: March 18,  2023
Field pansy #104; RAB p. 723, 130-2-28; LHB p. 683, 133-1-?; AG p
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park dam
Date: March 18,  2023
Field pansy #104; RAB p. 723, 130-2-28; LHB p. 683, 133-1-?; AG p
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park dam
Date: March 18,  2023
Field pansy #104; RAB p. 723, 130-2-28; LHB p. 683, 133-1-?; AG p
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 2, 2022
Wild pansy #96; RAB, p. 732, 130-2-27; LHB p. 686, 133-1-24; AG p
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park dam
Date: March 18,  2023
bloom rear view
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 2, 2022
Wild pansy #96; RAB, p. 732, 130-2-27; LHB p. 686, 133-1-24; AG p
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Hohe Tauern - Austria
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-12

Photo by Leo Michels
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK.
Date: 2012-05-08
A native Viola which is self set, flowers are very small.

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo by Leo Michels
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 3, 2013 2:17 AM concerning plant:
    This plant can sometimes be considered weedy or invasive.
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