Verecunda Wild Violet (Viola verecunda)

Family: Violaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

UPDATE 30/08/2011: This name is a synonym of Viola arcuata Blume.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweetish flavour. — Young leaves and flower buds - raw or cooked.; A sweetish flavour.; When added to soup they thicken it in much the same way as okra.; A tea can be made from the leaves.

Habitat & North American Range

Wet grassy places in lowlands and hills all over Japan. Moist grasslands, grassy places on mountain slopes, thickets, margins of mixed forests, fields, alongside houses. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)