Field Violet, Field Pansy
Viola rafinesquii Greene
(formerly Viola bicolor Pursh)
Violaceae (Violet Family)
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Field Violet, Field Pansy (Viola rafinesquii):
· winter annual in turf and landscapes with tiny spatula-shaped leaves with palmately-lobed stipules in the Violaceae (Violet) family
· flowers are pale blue & white or blue & yellow
· grows only 3-5 inches tall
· more common in dormant, warm-season turfgrasses; also in cultivated fields, disturbed sites
· similar european field pansy has larger, more shallowly-lobed leaves and larger, more yellow flowers