Porte (maduro) - böhringer friedrich / Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 2.5
Cobertura limitada
pensamiento
Viola × wittrockiana
La clásica planta de temporada fría para arriates, cultivada por sus flores aplanadas de 2-4 pulgadas con "cara" en prácticamente todos los colores, generalmente marcadas con una mancha oscura de contraste y bigotes centrales. Es un híbrido de origen garden (no una especie silvestre) tratado como perenne de vida corta, cultivado como anual o bienal de temporada fría — florece con mayor intensidad en primavera y otoño y sucumbe inevitablemente al calor estival. Missouri Botanical Garden lo enumera como la planta de arriate invernal más vendida en el profundo Sur.
Climate fit: moderate (45/100)
Border
Container
Filler
Light
Full sun / Part sun / Part shade
Water
Consistent moisture
Mature size
6-9" tall · 9" apart
Hardy in zones
6a-10b
cold to mild winters
AHS heat range
1-9
Plant range authored in AHS heat-zone terms.
Native in Illinois
No
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Las flores de pensamiento son una flor comestible ampliamente utilizada para decoración y guarnición, apreciada por sus llamativas "caras".
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✓
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 45 ecoregions — 43 climate-resilient through 2070 · 2 newly possible by 2070. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens
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Blue Mountains forests
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California coastal sage and chaparral
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Sources & citations
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). pensamiento (Viola × wittrockiana). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/viola-wittrockiana
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Botanical research database
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