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Viola tricolor

Kaipaitangata Rd, Wairarapa.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 09/01/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Growing in a gravel carpark, Whangamomona.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 21/01/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Kuratau Saddle.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 17/01/2009, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

heartsease

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Violet/Purple, White

Habitat

Roadsides, riverbeds and stony waste land.

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Violaceae

Authority

Viola tricolor L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1872

Origin

Eurasia

Other information

Etymology

viola: The Latin name for violet

NVS code

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