viola: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Viola

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floral symmetry

common blue violet

Cluster of garden pansy flowers, Viola wittrockiana, with petals that are deep purple and bright yellow, growing close together with green foliage in the background.

Viola tricolor hortensis

Dispersal of several types of seeds.

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Topics

bird’s-foot violet garden pansy wild pansy Viola crassa Viola odorata common blue violet pansy Violaceae

Key People

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Pierre Dansereau

Canadian plant ecologist

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous