Rampion

Rampion was cultivated widely in Europe for its edible leaves and taproots which taste like a cross between a mild radish and a parsnip. Rampion bellflowers are purple and bloom in the Spring, and are an adorable and delicious edible flower. Cultivated since Shakespeare’s time, the Brothers Grimm’s Rapunzel was named after this vegetable as she was accused of stealing the rampion from a neighbor witch’s garden.