Dwarf Pansy
Dwarf Pansy is one of Britain's rarest flowers and is only found in a small area of grassland on the island of Bryher in the Scilly Isles, though in 2021, two plants were rediscovered on the uninhabited island of Tean, the first seen there since 2005. www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/29/dwarf-pansy-b... I posted a Dwarf Pansy a few days ago but that had a finger to give scale, so here's a straight photo of the tiny flower itself (c2mm across). I should say that it is more widespread across southern Europe but in Britain it is restricted to Scilly. Here's its British distribution map: plantatlas.brc.ac.uk/plant/viola-kitaibeliana Its scientific name was in honour of Pál Kitaibel (1757-1817) a Hungarian botanist and chemist. The name was given by an Austrian botanist Josef Schultes (1773-1831).
Dwarf Pansy
Dwarf Pansy is one of Britain's rarest flowers and is only found in a small area of grassland on the island of Bryher in the Scilly Isles, though in 2021, two plants were rediscovered on the uninhabited island of Tean, the first seen there since 2005. www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/29/dwarf-pansy-b... I posted a Dwarf Pansy a few days ago but that had a finger to give scale, so here's a straight photo of the tiny flower itself (c2mm across). I should say that it is more widespread across southern Europe but in Britain it is restricted to Scilly. Here's its British distribution map: plantatlas.brc.ac.uk/plant/viola-kitaibeliana Its scientific name was in honour of Pál Kitaibel (1757-1817) a Hungarian botanist and chemist. The name was given by an Austrian botanist Josef Schultes (1773-1831).