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Indigenous Plants & Native Uses in the Northeast

VIOLET VIOLET
(Viola speceis)
LANCE LEAVED VIOLET

MARSH BLUE VIOLET

Food: Gather flowers (without stems) and young bright green leaves. Flowers may be eaten fresh or used in jams or syrups. Likely that all viola species are edible with some more palatable than others
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