European Field Pansy

Scientific Name:   Viola arvensis


Seeds have fatty appendages (elaiosomes) which attract ants that disperse seeds. Violets grow on all continents and are the larval host plant for Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies.

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European Field Pansy


Genus species: Viola arvensis
Common Name: European Field Pansy
Family Name: Violaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves alternate, simple, entire to lobed, stipules conspicuous and often lobed or fringed; flowers bisexual, irregular, solitary; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White Yellow
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
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