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Other 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 an annual, biennial or perennial herbaceous plant, about 10-40 cm tall. The aboveground stem is relatively thick, upright or leaning, single or branched, and angular. The basal leaves are long ovate or lanceolate with long petioles; the stem leaves are ovate, oblong-rounded or oblong-lanceolate, with a rounded or blunt tip and a relatively rounded base, and the margins have sparse rounded or blunt serrations; the petioles of the upper leaves are relatively long, and those of the lower leaves are relatively short.

The flowers are large, about 4-6 cm in diameter, with about 3-10 per stem. As the name pansy suggests, 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 tricolored with purple stripes; the inside base of the side petals is densely covered with fine hairs, and the spur of the lower petal is relatively slender, 5-8 mm long; the ovary is hairless, the style is short, the base is distinctly bent like a knee, the stigma is swollen and spherical, with a relatively large stigma hole at the front.

Common varieties of the butterfly flower (pansy)

Colossus: flower diameter 10-12 cm; flower colors include red, pink, purple, blue, yellow, etc., as well as blue/white and red/yellow bicolor varieties.

Smiling Face: an early-flowering type; flower colors include blue, purple, red, yellow, white and rose red, etc.

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

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