Species

Viola arvensis

Etymology

arvensis: Growing in arable fields

Common Name(s)

field pansy

Family

Violaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

VIOARV

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Habitat

Gardens, fields, waste land, railway ballasts and roadsides.

Flower Colours

White,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1875

Origin

Europe, Caucasia, Siberia

This page last updated on 13 Mar 2012