Viola Cucullata

Scientific Name: Viola cucullata

Common Name: marsh blue violet

Symbol: VICU

Category: Dicot

Genus: Viola

Family: Violaceae

Family Common Name: Violet family

Order: Violales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Forb/herb

Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

Edible: unknown

Marsh Blue Violet

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Scientific Name: Viola cucullata

Common Name(s): Marsh Blue Violet

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: leaf

Rick
23 Jul, 2008

Familiar spring flowers; blue-violet. Flower stalk rises above heart-shaped leaves. Lower petal shorter than in following; side petals darker toward throat. 5-10 in. (12.5 - 25 cm). Found in wet meadows, near springs and bogs. Flowers April-June. Use as a salad, cooked green, soup thickener, tea or candy. The tender young leaves can be added to salads, boiled for 10-15 minutes to make a palatable cooked green or added to soups as an okra-like thickener; violet leaves are somewhat bland and are best mixed with other greens. The dried leaves can be made into tea. The flowers can be candied. Leaves are rich in Vitamins A and C.

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