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Wild Pansy, Viola tricolor
Photos: Co. Wexford

Wild Pansy, Viola tricolor

Wild Pansy / Hearts-ease
Viola tricolor ssp. tricolor
Goirmín searraigh
Family: Violaceae

Flowering May - September. Annual. Native.

One of two subspecies of Viola tricolor.
Flower colour can be variable; purplish or purplish-yellow. Petals longer than sepals. Branched, +/- erect stems. Hybridies with Field Pansy, Viola arvensis.

Occurs on arable and waste ground, most frequent N, E, SE Ireland.

Similar: Sand Pansy, V. tricolor spp.curtsii
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Wild Pansy, Viola tricolor
Wild Pansy, Viola tricolor. Co. Wexford, July 2009 and June 2010

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