The is a flower from the family of the violet plants (Violaceae), which flower from March to November.

One differentiates mainly between that garden pansy (Viola x wittrockiana) and the wild (Viola tricolor), which with respect to three colors, knows, yellow and violet occurs.

The name Swiss giant refers with its name to the large blooms of these sorts, again is miniature from the crossing forms filled by garden pansies and horn violets and.

From numerous crossings of the game form with other kinds and selections are the culture forms, which developed for garden pansy Viola x wittrockiana, which are cultivated as one year's ones or two-year ones and of those it today a large selection of colors and forms give.

Other

The is the symbol of the free philosophers in France and in Austria. It was already in the Middle Ages the symbol for good (human) thoughts.

The is also one of the city symbols of the Japanese city Osaka.

Literature

• Friedrich Dietert: Our garden pansy Leipzig 1932

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