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Alternative names of the butterfly flower (pansy)

Also known as pansy, Japanese iris, open-throat arrow, orchid grass, flat bamboo, sword grass.

Morphological characteristics of the butterfly flower (pansy)

The butterfly flower is a biennial or perennial herbaceous plant, about 10-40 cm tall. The above-ground stem is relatively thick, upright or slanting, single or branched, and angular. The basal leaves are long ovate or lanceolate with long petioles; the stem leaves are ovate, oblong-round or oblong-lanceolate, with rounded or blunt tips, relatively round bases, and the margins have sparse round serrations or blunt serrations; the upper leaves have relatively long petioles, while the lower ones are shorter.

The flowers are large, about 4-6 cm in diameter, with about 3-10 per stem. As the name pansy implies, a single flower usually has three colors: purple, white, and yellow. The upper petal is deep violet, and the side and lower petals are all tricolor with purple stripes; the inside base of the side petals is densely covered with fine hairs, and the lower petal has a relatively thin spur, 5-8 mm long; the ovary is hairless, the style is short, the base is distinctly geniculate, the stigma is swollen and spherical, with a large stigma opening at the front.

Common varieties of the butterfly flower (pansy)

Colossus: flower diameter 10-12 cm, with colors including red, pink, purple, blue, yellow, and also blue/white and red/yellow bicolor varieties.

Smile: an early-flowering variety, with colors including blue, purple, red, yellow, white, and rose red.

Imperial: plant height 15-18 cm, an early-flowering variety, flower diameter 7-9 cm, among which the purple/white bicolor variety is the most famous.

The flower language of the butterfly flower (pansy)

Red pansy: a beautiful red flower, its flower language is "worry, longing", and its attribute is fire.

Yellow pansy: a pansy with yellow petals, its flower language is "mixed joy and sorrow", and its attribute is earth.

Purple pansy: a pansy with purple petals, its flower language is "silence" and "unconditional love", and its attribute is dark.

Large pansy: bondage.

Common flower language of pansy: contemplation, happiness, please miss me.