722 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Dilleniidae

► Order Violales

► Family Violaceae - Violet family

► Subfamily Violoideae

► Tribe Violeae

► Genus Viola L. - Violet

► Specy Viola tricolor L. - Johnny jumpup

Synonyms

(=) Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor

Viola x hortensis

Viola x perennis

Viola x wittrockiana

Viola Xwittrockiana Gams.

Common names

Hearts ease (English)

Ladies'delight (English)

Pansy (English)

Stepmother's flower (English)

 

Анютины глазки (Russian)

Фиалка трехцветная садовая (Russian)

Description

Medium to large soft velvety flower with five rounded irregularly overlapping petals, the lower three usually having darker patches suggesting a face; in white and shades of yellow, cream, orange, pink, reddish brown, purple and blue; borne singly. A lovely low annual or short-lived perennial.