What is "viola ocellata"

Heart's-ease \Heart's"-ease`\ (h[aum]rts"[=e]z`), n.

1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling.
   --Shak.

2. (Bot.) A species of violet ( Viola tricolor), a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived; -- called also pansy.

   Syn: wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor.

3. (Bot.) A violet of the Pacific coast of North America ( Viola ocellata) having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet. [WordNet sense 2]

   Syn: two-eyed violet, heartsease, Viola ocellata.

4. (Bot.) A common Old World viola ( Viola arvensis) with creamy often violet-tinged flowers. [WordNet sense 3]

   Syn: field pansy, heartsease, Viola arvensis.

Viola ocellata is a species of violet known by the common names pinto violet, two-eyed violet, and western heart's ease. It is native to southern Oregon and northern and central California, where it occurs in the coastal foothills and mountain ranges. It sometimes grows in serpentine soils. This rhizomatous herb produces a hairy erect or decumbent stem measuring 5 to 37 centimeters long. The leaves have heart-shaped or roughly lance-shaped blades borne on petioles a few centimeters long. A solitary flower is borne on a long, upright stem. It has five white petals with yellow bases, the lowest three veined with purple and the two lateral ones with purple eyespots. The inside of the flower has long hairs. The outer surfaces, at least of the two upper petals, is usually stained dark red or purple.