Comment on TODAY’S PORTRAIT: HERE’S JOHNNY! by Touch2Touch

Better Homes & Gardens magazine here has this to say: “Pansies are viola hybrids, officially known as Viola x wittrockiana, with a complex ancestry that includes several species.”
So we’re both correct, it’s complex. And we probably can say with accuracy, The one big Viola family contains a whole bunch of related clans, all pretty terrific!