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Viola tricolor
6-leaved yellow-violet and white flower with black stripes. Small growth. Round leaves and thin stem.
I found this one at the brink of forest. Must imagine that a seed must have blown in that direction, because usually these flowers are cultivated and therefore you most commonly find them in Slovenia on window shelves where they boost themselves to the bypassers.
At first i thought it was a common pansy, but then i discovered it was a Wild Pansy or known as Heartsease. In Slovenia we call it "divja vijolica". This flower gets its name "heart's ease" because you can prepare a tea from it for treatment purpuses like for helping respiratory problems such as bronchitis, asthma, and cold symptoms, diuretic and rheumatism problems.
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