Title of object

Flowers of Jerusalem artichoke

Object description

The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called the sunroot or sunchoke or earth apple or topinambur, is a species of sunflower native to the eastern United States, from Maine west to North Dakota, and south to northern Florida and Texas. It is also cultivated widely across the temperate world for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable. The flowers of this plant are yellow, produced in flowerheads 5–10 cm diameter, with 10–20 ray florets, and are thought to smell like milk cho...

Language of object

English

Author(s) / Publisher

Zeynel Cebeci

Discipline(s)

Horticultural Crops

Keywords

jerusalem artichoke, root vegetables, tuberous plants

Technical format

Image

Intended end-user role

Learner

Learning resource type

Drawing

Typical age range

Junior High (12-14), Senior High (15-17), Undergraduate (18-21), Graduate (21-), Adult (18-)

Copyright - Restrictions

This resource is licensed under the license(CC-BY-NC-ND) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported

Cost with use

No

Source code available

No