Common name:
Field pansy
Family:
Scientific name:
Viola arvensis
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles
Height:
Up to 15 cm
Habitat:
Arable fields, waste ground
Flowers:
Around 20 mm across, somewhat elongated, white, with two upper petals, two side petals which touch at the center, and are fringed with white hairs, and a larger lower petal, orange/yellow towards the base and marked with purple nectar lines. The sepals, which are slightly longer than the petals, are hairy and pointed at the tip, with broad basal appendages
Leaves:
Ovate, with ciliate, blunt-toothed margins, and large, lobed basal stipules
Season:
April to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
