Viola odorata (English violet , sweet violet)

The flowers can be eaten and used for cake and pudding decorations.
Violet oils are used in scents, perfumes and bath oils.
Medicinal – The leaves, flowers and rootstock can be used in a tea, and eaten in salads, to treat coughs, colds, sinus, hay fever, blocked noses, for bronchitis and flu, to treat depression, anxiety and tumours. New medical research is confirming that it helps for shrinking tumours and cancerous growths. A cup of violet tea can even be taken to ease hangovers.