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This is a small flowered pansy with flowerhead no bigger than the smallest Viola arvensis - about 1 cm across. We had seen the brown remains of these plants on their exposed clifftop site in June 2004 but there was not even a trace of green to be seen. This time we caught the site not only at its best but showing one of the best crops of V. kitaibeliana that our expert local hosts had seen. It grows on rocky, gravelly soil facing the sea on a clifftop close to a popular car park for visitors who like to come for cliff walks and to admire the scenery. There were a few tourists about but none bothered to look closely at the small spring flowers of the cliffs where this beautiful little plant grew alongside Mibora minima (Early sand-grass), Moenchia erecta (Upright Chickweed)and Polycarpon tetraphyllum (Four-leaved Allseed).
Pleinmont, Guernsey 16th April 2005
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Added on 17th April 2005