pansy

     

The pansy or pansy violet is a plant cultivate as a garden flower. Pansies are derived from Viola tricolor also called the Heartsease or 'Johnny Jump Up', stepmothers flower,or ladies delight. However, many garden varieties are hybrids and are referred to as Viola × wittrockiana but sometimes they are listed under the name Viola tricolor hortensis. The name "pansy" also appears as part of the common name of a number of wildflowers belonging, like the cultivated pansy, to the genus Viola. Some unrelated species, such as the Pansy Monkeyflower, also have "pansy" in their name.

Trivia about pansy

  • Its name is a corruption of the French pensee, "thought"
  • Pug-faced Slytherin student Parkinson, who's keen on Draco Malfoy