Andalusia 2022
Andalusia 2022
Andalusia 2022
Andalusia 2022
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Violet species, Viola spp.
is the 2022 Herb of the Year
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The genus Viola includes between 500 and 600 species in the violaceae or violet family, including violets, pansies, heartsease or Johnny jump-ups, other species, and many hybrids within the family.
• Viola hybridize freely, which can make identification challenging.
• While the flowers across the species vary in color, they generally have four unlike petals arranged in pairs and a fifth lower lobed petal with a spur, on top of an individual stem.
• Pansy is generally the common name reserved for the hybrid Viola × wittrockiana, whose complex origin includes at least three species.
• Violet, Viola odorata, has been used in the perfume industry as a fragrance source.
Source: Herb Society of America