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Bayer Code : viotr

Scientific name: Viola tricolor L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Viola banatica Kitaibel, Viola segetalis Jordan Viola tricolor var. arvensis De Candolle Viola tricolor var. segetalis Grenier & Godron

Classification: Violaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: wild pansy

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Acker-Stiefmütterchen incl. Wildes Stiefmütterchen ; ES : trinitarias ; FR : pensée des champs ; IT : viola dei campi ; PT : amor-perfeito-bravo ; EN : wild pansy ; NL : akkerviooltje ;

Biological type: Annual

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons roundish-ovate, short petiolated, glabrous.

- Foliage leaves ovate, feebly notched, with marked petiole, glabrous, dark green.

Adult plant snapshot Adult plant snapshot Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 10-60 cm.

- Stem upright, rarely prostrate, ramified, glabrous.

- Foliage leaves undivided, oblong-ovate, notched, glabrous, short petiolate, alternate, at the base pinnatifid stipules with linear leaflets, middle lobes of the stipules narrow.

- Flowers single, axillary, long peduncle, with thorn, 5 petals preponderant blue-violet and rich yellow; sepals are shorter than petals.

- Seed obovate, yellowish-brown.

- Biological type: annual.

Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Present     Germany  Present     Denmark  Rare     Spain  Rare     France  Present     Great Britain  Present     Italy  Present     Portugal  Present    

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