Viola arvensis
Common name
field pansy
Family
Violaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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.
VIOARV
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Gardens, fields, waste land, railway ballasts and roadsides.
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Year naturalised
1875
Origin
Europe, Caucasia, Siberia
Etymology
arvensis: Growing in arable fields