Violaceae
Field pansy
Viola arvensis
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Viola
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Common names
By language (38)
- Armenian
- Մանուշակ սովորական
- arz
- فيولا ارفينسيس
- Azerbaijani
- Çəmənlik bənövşəsi
- Belarusian
- Фіялка палявая
- Bulgarian
- Полска теменуга
- Chinese
- 野生堇菜, 田野堇菜
- csb
- Pólny proliszk
- Czech
- Violka rolní, Maceška rolní
- Danish
- Ager-Stedmoderblomst
- Dutch
- Akkerviooltje
- English
- Field pansy, European field pansy
- Estonian
- Põldkannike
- Finnish
- Pelto-orvokki
- French
- Pensée des champs, Pensee des champs, Violette des champs
- German
- Acker-Stiefmütterchen, Acker-Veilchen, Feld-Stiefmütterchen, Ackerstiefmütterchen
- Hungarian
- Mezei árvácska
- Icelandic
- Arfafjóla
- Indonesian
- Cecalung padang
- Irish
- Lus croí
- Japanese
- マキバスミレ
- Lithuanian
- Dirvinė našlaitė
- Macedonian
- Полска темјанушка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Åkerstemorsblom
- Persian
- بنفشه فرنگی پالیزی
- Polish
- Fiołek polny
- Portuguese
- Violeta-dos-campos
- Russian
- Фиалка полевая
- se
- Bealdoviola
- Serbian
- Пољска љубичица
- Slovak
- Fialka roľná
- Slovenian
- Njivska vijolica
- smn
- Piälduviola
- sms
- Peälddviola
- Swedish
- Åkerviol
- Tatar
- Басу миләүшәсе
- Ukrainian
- Фіалка польова
- Welsh
- Trilliw'r tir âr
- Western Frisian
- Miedesweltsje, Lyts fioeltsje
Synonyms
- Mnemion agreste (Jord.) Fourr.
- Mnemion arvense (Murray) Nieuwl. & Kaczm.
- Mnemion gracilescens (Jord.) Fourr.
- Mnemion obtusifolium (Jord.) Fourr.
- Mnemion segetale (Jord.) Fourr.
- Viola agrestis Jord.
- Viola arvatica Jord.
- Viola arvensis subsp. arvensis
- Viola atlantica Pomel
- Viola aurasiaca Pomel
- Viola deseglisei Jord. ex Boreau
- Viola gracilescens Jord.
- Viola latifolia Drabble
- Viola segetalis Jord.
- Viola tricolor var. arvensis (Murray) DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 7,325 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ondřej Křivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: viridian, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petr Harant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.