European field pansy
Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018.
Scientific name: Viola arvensis Murray
Common name(s): European field pansy, European field violet, field pansy, field violet, wild pansy
Link(s): USDA PLANTS Profile, Go Botany
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- late June
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- leaves with fringed stipules
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- emerging flowers
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- flowers may be white/pale yellow…
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- …or tinged with blue
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- petals and sepals about the same length
Description:
-annual
-Leaves are
- simple
- basal
- palmately lobed
-flowers are
- white or light yellow with some blue
Habitat:
-disturbed areas
-open fields
Natural History:
-native to Europe, Siberia, and north Africa
Sources:
University of California. “Viola Arvensis.” The Jepson Herbarium, 2021, ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=48161.