E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Viola x wittrockiana wittrockiana Gams
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Violaceae (Violet family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Introduction

The cultivated pansy is of hybrid origin involving Viola tricolor and various Viola species and cultivars. It occasionally escapes, but does not persist. Found in a cow pasture in Port Coquitlam (Lomer s.n. @ UBC) and occasionally in sidewalk gaps around plantings.

Author: Frank Lomer, Honorary Research Associate, University of British Columbia Herbarium

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