Mountain Pansies

[RobSutton]

Was out photographing plants around Malham Tarn yesterday and thought I'd try and show the range of colour variations we get in the Mountain Pansy (Viola lutea). In descending order of commonness they include:









I think the third one with the blue/purple upper petals the most striking. We don't get Field Pansy (Viola tricolor) anywhere around here so I'm sure these aren't hybrids but just represent the natural colour variation within the species.

[JennyS]

Lovely flowers - I haven't come across Mountain Pansy yet, but lots of Field Pansy (V.arvensis) and Sand Pansy (V.tricolor ssp.curtsii).
Pansies have got to be one of my favourites!

[Bub-les]

Thanks for posting the photos I love pansies and think the wild ones are very under-rated and over-looked.
Barbara

[crispy]

Agreed, this year i have discovered the beauty of the viola's in large part thanks to someone i know who works with some of the rarer ones. I havnt had the pleasure of finding a proper wild mountain pansy yet but im working on that one. Excellent series of pics and thanks for sharing them with us.

[tufftie]

Originally Posted by Bub-les

Thanks for posting the photos I love pansies and think the wild ones are very under-rated and over-looked.
Barbara

I can only echo Bub-les here

[Jez]

Fantastic photo's Rob thanks for sharing them with us!

[kielder]

So bright and cheerful! have you any of the Tarn itself, I would love to see photos!

[Gill Catton]

they're lovely, I met them up in Scotland for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and they seemed far prettier than their big blousy relatives from the garden centre!

[kielder]

Whereabouts in Scotland did you see them Gill?

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by kielder

Whereabouts in Scotland did you see them Gill?

Cor now you're asking, I saw them in grassland around a reservoir hang on a second I'll go off and see if I can find out which one and I'll PM you