Monday 6 May 2013

Getting to Know the Pansy

Violas were first cultivated by Lady Mary Elizabeth Bennet. Today there are more than 125 species of the flower.

Taxonomy of the pansy is:

Kingdom - Plantae
Class - Magnoliapsida
Order - Violales
Family - Violaceae
Genus - Viola
Species - Tricolour
Sub-Species - Viola Trihortensis

The pansy has many medicinal uses for asthma, epilepsy, skin disease, and eczema. It is also edible. Providing food for herbivores and pollinating insects is one of the pansy's role in the environment. Its predators include aphids, snails, and slugs.


There are two top petals which overlap and there are two side petals. The last part of the anatomy of the pansy includes a bottom petal which has a slight indentation.



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