Small Wild Pansy - Viola arvensis
Other Names:
European Field Pansy
Puberulent annual. Stems erect, branched, 10–30 cm. Leaf blades lanceolate to ovate, 1–3 cm long with coarsely toothed margins; stipules deeply divided and leaf-like. Flowers light yellowish, tinged with blue, 5–8 mm long; spur inconspicuous, sepals as long as petals; style hairy at the tip. Capsule 4–7 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus vagans,
Bombus pensylvanicus,
Bombus bimaculatus,
Bombus griseocollis, and
Bombus impatiens (Colla and Dumesh 2010, Williams et al. 2014).