pansy
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, pansy has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Nov 2025). Appears as a near-homophone in a joke about 'tanzy' possibly being a misprint for 'pansy', illustrating unfamiliarity with some flower names.
The garden pansy is a type of polychromatic large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. It is derived by hybridization from several species in the section Melanium of the genus Viola, particularly V. tricolor, a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease. It is sometimes known as V. tricolor var. hortensis, but this scientific name is suspect. While V. tricolor var. hortensis Groenland & Rümpler is a synonym of Viola × wittrockiana, V. tricolor var. hortensis DC. re
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Nov 2025 on Stuff You Should Know |
| Field | botany |
Who talks about pansy on podcasts?
Josh Clark brought up pansy; the most recent mention was Nov 2025 on Stuff You Should Know.
- Short Stuff: Victorian Flower Language | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW on Stuff You Should Know (Nov 2025) — Josh Clark