Field Pansy
Taken at Musselburgh on 23rd July 2015 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 6th May 2018 using a Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Field Pansy.
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AKA:
Viola arvensis.
Malpighiales.
Violaceae.
Annual.
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Fields, waste ground and roadside verges.
Up to 15 cms tall.
April - October.
Contains a class of peptides shown to possess toxic activity against human cancer cells and is therefore looked at as a potential drug lead.