25-11-2025, 08:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 25-11-2025, 08:43 AM by Jorge_Stolfi.)
(25-11-2025, 08:20 AM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Yes, I think so. The name is usually just given as 'Viola'.
Viola odorata is the common violet. Viola tricolor is the pansy (forget-me-not).
Viola odorata (or at least the current garden variety) usually grows in compact clusters of roundish leaves,close to the ground. Viola tricolor grows taller and has elongated leaves, with one sharpish point near the ground and multiple sharpish points higher up.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is almost surely Viola tricolor, because of the shape of the leaves and flowers. Except that the flowers are upside-down...
The scientific name Viola was taken from the common name "violet" or "viola" for the odorata species. I don't think that common name was ever used for any other species, including tricolor. Only modern botanists know that the pansy is a Viola too.
All the best, --stolfi

