Jerusalem Artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Summary 4

The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple or topinambour, is a species of sunflower native to eastern North America, and found from eastern Canada and Maine west to North Dakota, and south to northern Florida and Texas. It is also cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Tero Laakso, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/talaakso/15183753037/
  2. (c) José María Escolano, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42786943@N07/6218722968
  3. (c) flora cyclam, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclam/3125384858/
  4. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helianthus_tuberosus

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Blooms in summer
Color yellow
Habitat prairie
Status native