Viola Plant

English Name: PansyType: Flowers

Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400 - 500 species distributed around the world. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, however viola species (commonly called violets, pansies or heartsease) are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in South America.