Species

Viola tricolor

Common Name(s)

heartsease

Family

Violaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

VIOTRI

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

Roadsides, riverbeds and stony waste land.

Flower Colours

Violet / Purple,White

Year Naturalised

1872

Origin

Eurasia

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010