Field Pansy - Viola arvensis

Description

Short, hairy plant, usually with erect stems. Leaves oblong, usually broadest above the middle, bluntly toothed. Flowers cream or pale yellow with cream upper petals; rarely has any blue or violet. Small 10 to 15 mm, spur short.

Similar Species

Some colour versions of Viola tricolor may be similar, but usually have some blue markings 

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Common weed of arable and disturbed land.

When to see it

April to October.

Life History

Annual.

UK Status

Fairly common in England and Wales, becoming scarcer in the north and north-west, and also in Scotland.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 361 of the 617 tetrads.

In the current Checklist, it is listed as Alien (archaeophyte); occasional

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Species profile

Common names
Field Pansy
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Violaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
112
First record:
11/05/1992 (John Mousley;Steve Grover)
Last record:
17/04/2024 (Smith, Peter)

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