Photographs: Co. Wexford

Wild Pansy / Hearts-ease Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor Goirmín searraigh Family: Violaceae Flowering May - September. Annual. Native. One of two subspecies of Viola tricolor. The flower colour can be variable, usually bluish-mauve, purplish or purplish-yellow, and the petals are longer than the sepals. Branched, +/- erect stems. Viola x contempta is the hybrid between Wild Pansy and Field Pansy, Viola arvensis. Occasional on arable and waste ground with a scattered distribution but most frequent in the south-east and north of Ireland. Similar: Sand Pansy, Viola tricolor subsp.curtisii

Wild Pansy, Viola tricolor, Goirmín searraigh