Data specific to Violas (Edit)
Flowers: Stemless
Growth habit: Compact/mounding

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Lavender and white
Uses: Culinary Herb
Dried Flower
Edible Parts: Flowers
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division

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Common names
  • Field Pansy
  • Johnny Jump Up
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viola bicolor
  • Synonym: Viola kitaibeliana
  • Synonym: Viola rafinesquei

Photo Gallery
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Field violet #376; RAB p. 723, 130-2-28; LHB p. 683, 133-1-?; AG
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2014-05-01
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: 2022-03-29
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2002-04-01
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Credit: Djlayton4 | Own work
Photo by Gardenfan
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2014-03-23

Date: 2004-04-25
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2014-03-24

Date: 2003-03-25
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2004-04-25
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2002-04-11
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY On March 11, 2017 Seeds sown
cool room temp, dark, 6-pack w/4 seeds each from wildflowers
WebTucker On February 26, 2023 Bloomed
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