In the natural world, petal colour is an important feature of plants, as insects use petal designs to determine where they should land to collect nectar. Puck then places the potion on the sleeping eyes of Lysander, and later Demetrius which causes chaos in the forest. The petals turn from white to purple, and the flower's juice becomes a love potion. The potion is created when Cupid shoots an arrow at 'the imperial votaress' (Queen Elizabeth I), but misses and instead hits the flower. One of Shakespeare's most famous love potions is used by the fairy Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and made from a flower called ‘love-in-idleness’, otherwise known as the wild pansy (Viola tricola).
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