Leaves are edible raw or can be cooked and eaten like spinach. They can be dried and infused in tea as a good source of vitamins & minerals with significant calcium, vitamin A, & vitamin C.
Well I'm a fan of spring ephemerals so here we go again.
This beauty has an edible tuber when cooked! However, harvesting is not recommended as they are extremely small and way too many of this wonderful plant would need to be dug up.
Negatory on the second, with exception of the root because of an alkaline toxicity. There is a western version that IS poisonous because of its higher alkaline concentrations. (ha HA! suckers, tell me the East ain't got the best plants in Ma Nature's list!)
It's good for coughs, sore throats and other mucosal inflamations when the leaves and young flowers are made into a tea.
Have at it!
Ooh and something I forgot to mention about Spring Beauty, alot of Eastern Mountain folks might know it as "Tangle Gut". Some of the best eatin' that God ever created. Cornbread, kilt Tangle Gut and green onions.
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