Pascal Pittorino / Horned pansy (Viola cornuta) in botanic garden, Var, France, March.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Heartsease / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) flower, Norway, May.

Bernard Castelein / Wild pansy ( Viola tricolor), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. April

Ernie Janes / Domestic breed of Horned pansy (Viola cornuta) England, UK.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Roadside flowers near Castelluccio di Norcia (Umbria) including Venus looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris). Vetch (Vicia viullosa), Cranesbill (Geranium molle), Field pansy (Viola arvensis) Umbri...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Roadside flowers near Castelluccio di Norcia (Umbria) including Venus looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris). Vetch (Vicia viullosa), Cranesbill (Geranium molle), field pansy (Viola arvensis) Umbri...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) an Apennine endemic photographed on the Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo, Italy, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) an Apennine endemic photographed on Mt Terminillo, Lazio, Italy.July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) an Apennine endemic photographed on Mt Terminillo, Lazio, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) an Apennine endemic photographed on Mt Terminillo, Lazio, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) Mount Terminillo, Lazio, Italy, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) an Apennine endemic photographed on the Campo Imperatore, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) an Apennine endemic photographed on the Campo Imperatore, Italy. April.

Fabrice Cahez / Heart's ease (Viola tricolor) flower, Mont-Lozere, France

Lynn M. Stone / Baby Netherland Dwarf rabbit sitting amongst pansies, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / Baby Netherland Dwarf rabbit sitting amongst pansies, USA.

Nick Garbutt / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, July.

Mike Read / Long-spurred pansy (Viola calcarata) Vallee de Combeau Vercors Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Ernie Janes / Mountain pansies (Viola lutea) Machair, North Uist, Scotland, UK, June.

Bernard Castelein / Heartsease flower (Viola tricolor), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Heartsease / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) flower, Norway, May.

Erlend Haarberg / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor), Stockholm archipelago, Sweden, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Pansy (Viola magellensis) endemic to the Central Apennines rewilding area, National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, Italy, June.

David Tipling / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) growing in sand dune, Sands of Forvie National Nature Reserve, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, June.

David Tipling / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) growing in sand dune, Sands of Forvie National Nature Reserve, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) in flower, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, May.

Simon Colmer / Garden pansy (Viola sp) eaten by slugs and snails, UK

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) yellow variety, Simbruini National Park, Apennines, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) purple variety, Simbruini National Park, Apennines, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) yellow variety, Simbruini National Park, Apennines, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) yellow variety, Simbruini National Park, Apennines, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) purple variety, Simbruini National Park, Apennines, Italy

MYN / Niall Benvie / Dwarf pansy {Viola kitaibeliana}, May, Oppland, Norway meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Niall Benvie / Dwarf pansy {Viola kitaibeliana}, May, Oppland, Norway meetyourneighbours.net project

Philippe Clement / Seaside pansy {Viola curtisii} in flower, Texel, The Netherlands

Philippe Clement / Seaside pansy {Viola curtisii} in flower, Texel, The Netherlands

Paul Harcourt Davies / Gargano pansies (Viola heterophylla graeca) in flower, nr San Giovanni Rotondo, Gargano Peninsula, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Gargano pansies (Viola heterophylla graeca) in flower in woodland clearing, nr San Giovanni Rotondo, Gargano Peninsula, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Gargano pansies (Viola heterophylla graeca) in flower, nr San Giovanni Rotondo, Gargano Peninsula, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Gargano pansies (Viola heterophylla graeca) with Golden alyssum (Alyssum saxatile) in flower at edge of woodland, nr San Giovanni Rotondo, Gargano Peninsula, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansies (Viola eugeniae) in flower, Monte Terminillo, Lazio, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) in flower, Abetone, Emilia Romagna, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae) in flower on mountainside, Mount Terminillo, Lazio, Italy. July.

Nick Upton / Dune pansy / Seaside pansy (Viola tricolor curtisii) flowering on coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. April.

Nick Upton / Dune pansies / Seaside pansies (Viola tricolor curtisii) flowering on coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. April.

Nick Upton / Dune pansies / Seaside pansies (Viola tricolor curtisii) flowering on coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. April.

Ashley Cooper / Heartsease pansy (Viola tricolor) and Ladys bedstraw (Galium verum) flowering, Walney Island, Cumbria, UK. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Altai pansy (Viola altaica) Valley of Petrified Clouds. Altai Republic, Russia

Robert Thompson / Winter pansy (Viola sp) close up in garden, Banbridge, County Down

Nick Upton / Dune pansies / Seaside pansies (Viola tricolor curtisii) flowering on coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren NNR, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Dune pansies / Seaside pansies (Viola tricolor curtisii) flowering on coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren NNR, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, September.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Heartsease (Viola tricolor subalpina). Dolomites, Italy. June.

Linda Pitkin / Field pansy (Viola arvensis), Kent, England, May .

Linda Pitkin / Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) Papercourt Marshes nature reserve (SWT), Send Marsh, Surrey, England, May.

Mike Read / Long-spurred pansy (Viola calcarata) growing in a wildflower meadow, Plateaux de Beurre, Vercors Regional Natural Park, France, June

Steve Nicholls / Mountain pansy (Viola lutea) on Widdybank Fell in Upper Teesdale, Co. Durham, England, UK, June.

Erlend Haarberg / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) with single Dandelion (Taraxacum sp) Innlandet, Norway, June.