Join me in this post for nine incredible edible purple and white flowers and learn how to identify them with images. Edible flowers are very popular among people, allowing you to create colourful beverages and tasty salads, soups, and other dishes. If you want to find a purple and white edible flower to design your dessert or food and add a magical colour to your beverage, this article features 9 options.
If you have seen an incredible purple and white edible flower in your beverage or dessert, after reading this post, you can identify it easily. If you are ready, let’s start.
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Identify Edible Purple And White Flowers By Their Images
In this part, we will show you the image of edible flowers that have purple and white blooms, although most of them have variegated colours in various cultivars. You will find the common names with scientific names and a brief overview of their flowers and leaves’ shape that will help you to identify them easily.
In addition, we will tell you about the edible parts of every plant and will give you a brief overview of their recipe. You can scroll through images and find your intended flower or make your favourite list to add to your garden.
Let’s dive into them and enjoy the pictures.
Borage with Magic Edible Purple and White Flowers
Other common names: Starflower
Botanical family: Boraginaceae
- It is an annual herb.
- It has blue, purple and white flowers.
- The leaves are wide to ovate.
Edible part: Both the leaves and flowers
My suggestion:
- Non-alcoholic borage juice with lemon
- Salad topper
- Savoury soups
- Adding to cheese, and yogurts
Butterfly pea with Beautiful Edible Purple and White Flowers
Botanical family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae
- The flowers are similar to typical flowers of the pea family, although the banner is much expanded.
- The leaves have leaflets that are broad at the base and get taper to the tip.
- The edible parts: flowers, leaves, young shoots and tender pods.
My suggestion:
- They give a magnificent blue to your beverages, try them in your lemonade.
- Add their powdered form to the matcha latte.
Regular Chives and Chinese Chives with Tiny Edible Purple and White Flowers
Botanical family: Amaryllidaceae
- The flowers are small and star-shaped and are arranged into a round globe inflorescence. They are pink, pale purple to white.
- The leaves are dark green, thin and narrow (grass-shaped).
- The edible parts are leaves and flowers.
My suggestion: add leaves to salad and make a chive blossom vinegar
Daikon with Small Edible Purple and White Flowers
Botanical family: Brassicaceae
- The flowers have four petals and four sepals that are arranged in an indicative cross form.
- The green leaves are heart-shaped.
- The edible part: blooms, leaves, roots
My suggestion: Add flowers to green salads or grain dishes.
Garden peas with Butterfly-Bhaped Edible Purple and White Flowers
Botanical family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae
- The flowers are butterfly-shaped.
- The leaves have 1 to 3 pairs of oval leaflets.
- The edible parts: fruits, flowers, shoots and vines.
My suggestion: add blooms to the salad.
Caution: Avoid eating sweet pea flowers (Lathyrus odoratus) which are toxic.
Moorea Mangy Blue Hibiscus with Large Edible Purple and White Flowers
Botanical family: Malvaceae
- It is one of the common house plants that can thrive outdoors too during summer.
- The flowers are large and trumpet-shaped.
- The leaves are ovate and simple.
- The edible part: flowers.
My suggestion: hibiscus iced tea with petals and Hibiscus cocktails.
Lavender with spikes of Edible Purple and White Flowers
Botanical family: Lamiaceae
- The flowers are tube-shaped into spikes.
- The leaves are simple, narrow, and elongated, and in most cultivars, the leaves are broader and toothed.
- The edible parts: Both the flowers and leaves
My suggestion: use its fragrant flowers as a kitchen spice.
Lilac with Tubular Edible Purple and White Flowers
Botanical family: Olive family (Oleaceae)
- The flowers are tubular at the base and are arranged into dense panicles.
- The leaves are heart-shaped with smooth borders.
- The edible part: blossoms
- The common lilac plant (Syringa vulgaris) is a safe plant for pets, too.
My suggestion: lilac wine, lilac and lemon cookies and lilac sugar.
Wood sorrel with Elegant Edible Purple and White Flowers
Botanical family: Oxalidaceae
- The flowers are cup or trumpet-shaped and have five petals.
- The leaves’ arrangement is similar to clover, although they are heart-shaped.
- The edible parts: leaves, stems and flowers
My suggestion: use them as a base for a sheep’s milk yoghurt. Eating a significant amount of this plant can be toxic. So, if you have a playful cat in your garden, it is not a poisonous plant for cats either.
Conclusion
Now, you are familiar with nine edible purple and white flowers, including Borage, Butterfly Pea, Regular Chives and Chinese Chive, Daikon, Garden Pea, Moorea Mangy Blue Hibiscus, Lavender, Lilac and Wood Sorrel. We showed you their images with names and gave you a brief overview of the shapes of flowers and leaves, and suggestions about eating them.
Did you find your intended purple and white flower among them? What was its name? Have you experienced eating flowers? How do you use them? Can you add new edible purple and white flowers to our list?
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Elahe Rabiei
Hi, I’m Elaheh. My Academic major is plant protection, and houseplants are my expertise. As a houseplant lover, my house is full of indoor plants and it is my passion to take care of them. Hence, I’m here to share my knowledge and experience about growing healthy houseplants. I am also a plant protection advisor, so feel free to ask me any questions you may have.