Viola arvensisMurray European field violet

Viola arvensisMurray - European field violet

Scientific Description:

Annual herb. Stems up to 20 cm, branched, with an indumentum of short retrorse hairs. Leaves oblong-spathulate, crenate, acute. Stipules lanceolate, pinnatifid, with lanceolate segments. Pedicels bearing bracteoles in the upper third. Sepals lanceolate, equalling or exceeding the corolla. Corolla cream, sometimes bluish, lower petal 8−14 mm.

 

Flowering time: June.

Habitat: Open and cultivated ground.

 

Reference:

Coode MJE & Cullen J (1965). Viola arvensis Murray, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1: 531–532.

Public Description:

Viola arvensis, commonly known as “european field violet” or “field pansy”, grows naturally in Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, and at the same time spread to other continents. It is an annual herb with cream or bluish flowers, and grows up to 20 cm in length. It blooms in June. A substance called "peptide cyclicolin O2" found in the plant's structure has been shown to have cytotoxic activity against cancer cells in humans, and is therefore considered to be a potential antitumor agent.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_arvensis/Accessed date: 24.11.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=viola+arvensis/Accessed date: 24.11.2016.

Dinç M (2012) Viola L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 882–884.