6: Common violet (Central Park, Mar 19, 2000)

16: Young violet (Crestwood Riverside, Apr 14, 2001)

17: Common blue violet. Can eat leaves and flowers. Root is poisonous. (Prospect Park, Apr 22, 2001)

18: Blue violet flower (Prospect Park, Apr 22, 2001)

20: Common Violet. (Central Park, May 8, 2005)

21: Violets. Can eat flowers and leaves. Good now. Too bitter in June. Root inedible. It will make you vomit. (Central Park, May 8, 2005)

22: White violets. Tastes the same as blues, but not as common. (Central Park, May 8, 2005)

7: Violets (Alley Pond Park (Woods), May 14, 2000)

25: Common blue violet. Most flowers now gone. (Prospect Park, May 22, 2011)

26: Common blue violet flower. We found a couple. (Prospect Park, May 22, 2011)

8: Common blue violet. Tastes like lettuce. (Prospect Park, May 27, 2000)

23: Violets (Central Park, May 30, 2005)

9: Common blue violet. Like lettuce. Getting to the end of the season. Now only small leaves in the shade are good. (Central Park, Jun 10, 2000)

24: Violet patch. (Prospect Park, Jul 1, 2006)

10: Common violet. Has been mowed so there is new growth which is edible now. Usually only edible in the spring. (Central Park, Jul 2, 2000)

27: Violet. Not on tour. (Forest Park, Jul 4, 2011)

11: Common violet. Now too tough to eat. (Prospect Park, Jul 9, 2000)

12: Common violet closeup. New small leaves edible. Root poisonous. (Central Park, Jul 29, 2000)

19: Violets. Out of season. (Prospect Park, Jul 29, 2001)

13: Common blue violet. (Central Park, Aug 20, 2000)

14: Violets (Central Park, Nov 19, 2000)

15: Violet seed pod. Not edible. (Central Park, Nov 19, 2000)

1: Common Blue Violet. Note flower and different bud (which has the seeds). (Central Park, Nov 21, 1999)

2: Common Blue Violet (Central Park, Nov 21, 1999)

3: Common Blue Violet. I broke open a bud to show the seeds. (Central Park, Nov 21, 1999)

4: Common Blue Violet (Central Park, Nov 21, 1999)

5: Common Blue Violet (Prospect Park, Nov 28, 1999)