They are high in vitamin A and C. I’ve heard there are as many as 900 species of wild violets in the US. That said they can be loosely put in 2 groups Wood violets and Sweet violets. The sweet violets have a small bloom but a strong scent. Wood violets have a large bloom and hardly any scent.
The leaves and blooms are edible. I have blooms on a salad sometimes. Don’t eat the root unless you want to spend some time on the porcelain thrown.
The pic is of a Wood violet, Viola pedata or Bird’s Foot Violet. I found about an acre filled with blue blooms today. It looked nice.
The leaves and blooms are edible. I have blooms on a salad sometimes. Don’t eat the root unless you want to spend some time on the porcelain thrown.
The pic is of a Wood violet, Viola pedata or Bird’s Foot Violet. I found about an acre filled with blue blooms today. It looked nice.