Viola ×wittrockiana

Auckland. Nov 2006.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Auckland. Nov 2006.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

pansy

Family

Violaceae

Authority

Viola ×wittrockiana Gams ex Nauenburg & Buttler

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Conservation status

Not applicable

Habitat

Roadside and waste land, probably persistent from green waste dumping. Also establishing from seed in some places.

Flowering

October, November, December, January, February

Flower colours

Violet/Purple, Yellow

Year naturalised

1940

Origin

Cultivated hybrid