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Herbarium specimen: Viola tricolor

Taxon:Violaceae: Viola tricolor L. ("Wild Pansy")
Filed in taxon folder:Violaceae: Viola tricolor L. ("Wild Pansy")
Collected by:Dr Henry Halcro Johnston
Collection date:4/8/1886
Locality:Great Britain, VC111 Orkney, Sand Wick, ND48, Cornfield, Hurkisgarth. Three plants.
ex herb:Rev William Richardson Linton
Rev William Hunt Painter
Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Viola tricolor herbarium specimen from Sand Wick, VC111 Orkney in 1886 by Dr Henry Halcro Johnston.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:growing with V arvensis - seen for first time in Orkney by HHJ [appearance is that Linton collected a specimen, and then Report was pasted over his label]

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Documented by johnhawksford on 20th March 2008.

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