Scientific name: Viola lutea Huds.
Common name: Mountain Pansy
Description
Habit: Perennial, to 20 cm high.
Stems: Erect, unbranched, arising from slender and creeping rhizome.
Leaves: Alternate or basal, undivided, stalked, with stipules that are narrowly lobed near to midrib; oval, bluntly toothed.
Flowers: Usually yellow, sometimes blotched purple, zygomorphic, hermaphrodite, 2-3.5 cm across, solitary on erect flower stalks which are axillary or arising from basal rosette; sepals 5, free, equal, with short extension below the insertion; petals 5, free, unequal, the lower petal with backwards directed a purple spur that encloses nectar-secreting spurs of 2 lower stamens; stamens 5; ovary 1-celled, style 1.
Fruits: A capsule, with numerous seeds.
Habitat: Grassy cliff-tops and on sand-dunes. Distribution: Frequent, found only in one area.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: Yes