Amsinckia lycopsoides
| Amsinckia lycopsoides | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Early Fall |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Amsinckia lycopsoides (common name: tarweed fiddleneck)
Propagation: Seed - sow late spring in situ[1].
Cultivation: Succeeds in ordinary garden soil in full sun[2][1].
Range: Europe. Western N. America. Naturalized on the Farne Islands, N.E. Britain[1].
Habitat: Dry open slopes and flats, often in disturbed soil[3]
Edibility: Fresh juicy shoots[4][5][6]. No more details are given.
Seed - raw[6]. The parched seed is ground into a powder then made into cakes and eaten without being cooked[6]. If this species is like most other members of the family Boraginaceae, the seed is likely to ripen over a period of time and individual seeds fall from the plant when they are ripe. This will make harvesting any quantity of seed very fiddly and time consuming[K].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: A. parviflora.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Hitchcock, Leo. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, 1955.
- ↑ Yanovsky, Elias. Food Plants of the North American Indians Publication 237. US Department of Agriculture.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.