in taxon spice or flavor-producing plant sweet violet plant PLANTS:VIOD Viola odorata is a species of the genus Viola, native to Europe and Asia, but has also been introduced to North America and Australia. It is commonly known as wood violet, sweet violet, English violet, common violet, florist's violet, or garden violet. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_odorata] viola odorata Viola odorata requires discussion