This is an illustration of a yellow pansy. Pansies, a staple flower in flower beds, are said to have first been produced by an earl's daughter, who, under the direction of the gardener, cross-breeded the violets in her father's garden, and thus quickly rose to become a staple flower in gardens.
Botanical information
Informations of the plants imaged for these illustrations is bellow.
Botanical name
< scientific name >
Viola× wittrockiana
< common name >
Pansy
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heartsease
Plantae Category
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Violaceae
< genus >
Viola
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Viola× wittrockiana
Viola tricolor hortensis
Origin
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Nordic region
