Field Pansy

(Viola bicolor)

Characteristics

Leaves	Flowers

Growing habits: Erect, branched winter annual herb, often branched near base

Root anatomy: Delicate, fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternate, obovate to linear-oblanceolate, smooth with sparsely toothed margins, stipules large and leaflike, divided into segments

Reproduction: Inflorescences stalked, irregular, 5 petals, blue-violet to cream with purple or dark blue veins, yellow center; capsule fruits

_{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}