Photographs: Ballingeary, Co.Cork

Field Pansy Viola arvensis Lus croí Family: Violaceae Flowering time: April-October. Annual. Native. Creamy-yellow flowers, sometimes streaked pale violet. Sepals longer than the petals. Corolla usually shorter than calyx. Conspicuous stipules, narrow lobes. Oval leaves, blunt-toothed. Weak, erect or decumbent stems. Height to 40cm. Arable, wasteground. Frequent in the SE, less common W Ireland. Similar: Sand Pansy, V. tricolor spp. curtsii. Yellow/white flowers. Coastal perennial. Native.

    
Photographs above: Ballingeary, Co.Cork. Left: June 2007, right: August 2007