Hemizonia fascicuata
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Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Compositae
- Genus
- Hemizonia
- Life cycle
- perennial
- Height
- 0.9 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Edible uses
Plant - boiled[1]. A famine food, only used when other foods are not available[2].
Environment
- Range
- South-western N. America.
- Habitat
- Dry coastal plains to 300 metres in California[3].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
Seed -
Cultivation
257260
References
Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976-00-00
Yanovsky. E. Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237. U.S. Depf of Agriculture.
Munz. A California Flora. University of California Press 1959-00-00