The first violet in my #garden this year. Only the ones I gathered from the neighborhood in previous years are blooming. I found some at a nearby lake last year that had different flowers than I was used to, though it could be a reaction to a different soil. The new ones are only putting up small leaves so far, but I know from previous years that fresh transplants might still give me flowers the first spring, fingers crossed. Can be used to thicken soup and in cough syrups, skin products, candy.