Viola alba
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Parma violet, White violet
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Bois, D.; Frederick Warne (Firm); Herincq, B.; Step, Edward; Watson, William (via Wikimedia Commons)
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers, Leaves
The flowers are used for flavouring drinks and other beverages. The leaves can also be eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Balkans, Bosnia, Caucasus, Europe, Georgia, Slovenia,
Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine
How to Identify
A temperate herb with white flowers. The flowers and leaves are both edible and sold in local markets in some regions.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Viola alba, commonly known as white violet, is a species of violet in the family Violaceae.
Other Information
Leaves are sold in local markets.
Names & Synonyms
Bela vijolica, Bijela ljubicica, Ia, Iaia
References (6)
- http://www.botanic-gardens-ljubljana.com/en/plants
- Luczaj, L. et al, 2017, Comfrey and Buttercup Eaters: Wild Vegetables of the Imereti Region in Western Georgia, Caucasus. Economic Botany, 71(2), 2017, pp. 188–193
- Redzic, S. J., 2006, Wild Edible Plants and their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 45:189-232
- Redzic, S., 2010, Use of Wild and Semi-Wild Edible Plants in Nutrition and Survival of People in 1430 Days of Siege of Sarajevo during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995). Coll. Antropol 34 (2010) 2:551-570
- Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 722
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
