What personality traits does the butterfly flower have? A closer look

Other names of the butterfly flower (pansy)

Also known as pansy, Japanese iris, kaikoujian, 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 aboveground stem is relatively thick, upright or inclined, single or branched, and angular. The leaves of the basal leaves are long ovate or lanceolate, with long petioles; the leaves of the stem leaves are ovate, oblong-rounded or oblong-lanceolate, with a rounded or blunt tip and a relatively round base, and the margin has sparse rounded serrations 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, about 3-10 per stem. As the name pansy suggests, one flower usually has three colors: purple, white, and yellow. The upper petals are deep violet, and the side and lower petals are all three-colored, 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 obviously bent like a knee, the stigma is swollen and spherical, with a relatively large stigma opening 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 variety, with flower colors including blue, purple, red, yellow, white, and rose red, etc.

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.

Flower language of the butterfly flower (pansy)

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

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

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

Large pansy: restraint.

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