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Flowers around two cm. Petals clearly longer than the sepals. Usually purple but can in some cases be yellow

The larger flowered pansies are usually easily recognisable by the place where they grow. In distrurbed soils and arable land it is most often Viola tricolor.
On zinc poluted soil in the south of the Netherlands you could have found the rare Viola lutea subsp. calaminaria
And on sandy coastal dunes it is most likely that you have found the Viola curtisii
Anual or short lived perrenial plant. Flowers bicoloured with purple. A plant of arable and disturbed soil (Viola tricolor)
:: Anual or short lived perrenial plant. Flowers bicoloured with purple. A plant of arable and disturbed soil (Viola tricolor) :: 		Perrenial plant with creeping rhizomes. Flowers bright yellow. A plant from zinc poluted soil. (Viola lutea subsp. calaminaria)
:: Perrenial plant with creeping rhizomes. Flowers bright yellow. A plant from zinc poluted soil. (Viola lutea subsp. calaminaria) :: 		Perrenial plant of coastal dunes with a branched horizontal rhizome. Colour variable but often purple. (Viola curtisii)
:: Perrenial plant of coastal dunes with a branched horizontal rhizome. Colour variable but often purple. (Viola curtisii) ::

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