Jerusalem artichoke

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Jerusalem artichoke
Stem with flowers
Several knobby elongated light brown tubers in a pot with water
Jerusalem artichokes cooking
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Helianthus
Species:
H. tuberosus
Binomial name
Helianthus tuberosus
Synonyms[2]
  • Helianthus esculentus Warsz.
  • Helianthus serotinus Tausch
  • Helianthus tomentosus Michx.
  • Helianthus tuberosus var. subcanescens A.Gray

The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called sunroot, sunchoke, wild sunflower,[3] topinambur,[3] or earth apple, is a species of sunflower native to central North America.[4][5] It is cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.[6]

  1. ^ Rhodes, L. & Maxted, N. (2016). "Helianthus tuberosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20694364A20695376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20694364A20695376.en. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. ^ The Plant List, Helianthus tuberosus L.
  3. ^ a b Szewczyk, Aleksandra; Zagaja, Mirosław; Bryda, Jarosław; Kosikowska, Urszula; Stępień-Pyśniak, Dagmara; Winiarczyk, Stanisław; Andres-Mach, Marta (22 March 2019). "Topinambur - new possibilities for use in a supplementation diet". Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine. 26 (1): 24–28. doi:10.26444/aaem/102767. ISSN 1898-2263. PMID 30922024.
  4. ^ "Helianthus tuberosus". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Helianthus tuberosus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ^ Purdue University Center for New Crops & Plants Products: Helianthus tuberosus