722 — Number of the plant
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Dilleniidae
► Order Violales
► Family Violaceae - Violet family
► Subfamily Violoideae
► Tribe Violeae
► Genus Viola L. - Violet
► Specy Viola tricolor L. - Johnny jumpup
Synonyms
(=) Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor
Viola x hortensis
Viola x perennis
Viola x wittrockiana
Viola Xwittrockiana Gams.
Common names
Hearts ease (English)
Ladies'delight (English)
Pansy (English)
Stepmother's flower (English)
Анютины глазки (Russian)
Фиалка трехцветная садовая (Russian)
Description
Medium to large soft velvety flower with five rounded irregularly overlapping petals, the lower three usually having darker patches suggesting a face; in white and shades of yellow, cream, orange, pink, reddish brown, purple and blue; borne singly. A lovely low annual or short-lived perennial.
Each thought turned towards oneself veils the Divine.
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 14. - Words of the Mother