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